Durham police confirm they will take no further action against Labour leader over April 2021 incident Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Keir Starmer Keir Starmer has previously said: ‘We didn’t break any rules, we were working in the office and we stopped for a takeaway.’ Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images PA Media Mon 7 Feb 2022 07.34 GMT Keir Starmer has been cleared of an allegation he broke lockdown rules after he was filmed drinking a beer in an office. The Labour leader was in the City of Durham MP’s office, working in the run-up to the Hartlepool byelection in April 2021. He has previously insisted he did nothing wrong, despite comparisons by his opponents to the “partygate” allegations at 10 Downing Street. Durham police have confirmed they did not believe any offence was committed. A spokes person for the force said: “Durham constabulary has reviewed video footage recorded in Durham on April 30 2021. Advertisement “We do not believe an offence has been established in relation to the legislation and guidance in place at that time and will therefore take no further action in relation to this matter.” Starmer has previously told LBC Radio: “The restrictions allowed people to work when they needed to. We were running an election campaign, we were in a constituency office.” He said no restaurants or pubs were open and the hotel in which he and colleagues were staying did not serve food, so “if you didn’t get a takeaway then our team wasn’t eating that evening”. Asked if he was prepared to apologise, Starmer said: “We didn’t break any rules, we were working in the office and we stopped for a takeaway.” He added: “We did nothing wrong.”