Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer pledges to offer his resignation if he is issued a fixed penalty notice over last year's 'beergate' incident - but adds that he is 'absolutely clear that no laws were broken'. Live: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and Freeview 233
Sir Keir Starmer is now answering questions from the media on the police investigation underway.
"I am absolutely clear that no laws were broken. They were followed at all times. I simply had something to eat while working late in the evening, as any politician would do days before an election. Sir Keir Starmer is making a statement in relation to the police investigation into whether he broke lockdown rules.
DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said his party will not enter a power sharing agreement with Sinn Fein until the Northern Ireland Protocol is"dealt with". "We recognise others also have a democratic mandate and we want to work with them to deliver stable government for Northern Ireland but the long shadow of the protocol is casting its mark over this place. It needs to be dealt with.
"I think he's not doing it to put pressure on the police or probably even to put pressure on the Conservative leadership. I think he's doing it because he thinks it's the right thing to do - to be absolutely clear with people that he believes in law abiding leadership, he believes in integrity of leadership, and therefore, this follows on from that belief and that view."
His team are adamant he'll be cleared and say this an attempt to draw a line between Sir Keir and Boris Johnson to show that not all politicians are the same.Sir Keir Starmer will make a statement later in relation to the police investigation into whether he broke lockdown rules. There has been speculation in recent days that Sir Keir might make a vow to resign if fined by the police.
Without a power sharing agreement, an executive cannot be formed and Ms O'Neill would not be able to take up the post of first minster.
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