Sir Keir Starmer has denied lockdown rules were broken when a voice coach was present during his preparation for a Brexit press conference. Leonie Mellinger was invited to coach the then-opposition leader on his response to Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, leading to accusations of a potential rule breach.

Sir Keir Starmer's lockdown voice coach was not a "key worker", while speech therapists were not exempt from Covid "Stay at Home" rules, it has emerged. Leonie Mellinger, said to be a long-time friend of Starmer,

Leonie Mellinger’s visit to Labour headquarters on Christmas Eve in 2020 was a ‘clear breach of Covid rules’, says Tory leader

Communication skills specialist Leonie Mellinger is understood to have joined both the Prime Minister and Rachel Reeves to work during the pandemic.

Keir Starmer is under fire this afternoon over suggestions he may have broken Covid lockdown rules in 2020 when working with a voice coach.

The Tories say the Labour prime minister has questions to answer over Christmas Eve meeting with Leonie Mellinger

Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer hired actress Leonie Mellinger in December 2020 when he was Labour leader and when London was in Tier 4 restrictions.