Beergate: UK Police Clears Labour Leaders of Lockdown Rule-Breach

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy leader Angela Rayner at the launch of of Labour's 2022 local election campaign at The Brown Cow, Burrs Country Park, Bury, Greater Manchester, England, on March 31, 2022. Danny Lawson/PA

The UK’s Labour leaders can continue in their jobs after the Durham police cleared them on Friday of breaching COVID-19 lockdown rules.

Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner previously vowed to step down as the Labour Party’s leader and deputy leader if they were fined by police over an office curry-and-beer dinner at the end of their working day in Durham on April 30, 2021.