Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab was tasked with the government’s media round this morning, and he used the opportunity to take aim at the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, accusing him of hypocrisy after Durham Police said they will re-investigate the so-called ‘Beergate’ affair. A leaked Labour party document appears to suggest that Starmer and his colleagues did not return to working after a scheduled dinner, which lasted for over an hour. Raab stopped short of calling for Starmer to resign, but piled on the pressure for him to account for exactly what happened on that night:
Local elections were ‘a mixed bag’
In other political news, the results from the local elections continue to be digested, with questions asked on what they mean for a future general election. What cannot be denied is that the Conservatives did see a noticeable net loss on Thursday, amounting to around 500 fewer councillors across Britain. Ridge asked Raab for his take on his party’s performance, confronting him with the benchmarks set in the Daily Mail’s pre-match analysis:
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