Keir Starmer skewered by GMB’s Richard Madeley in Angela Rayner housing row | Politics | News [Video]

Sir Keir Starmer was grilled by Richard Madeley over why he is refusing to look at legal advice that Angela Rayner claims exonerates her in the row over her former council house.

The Labour leader insisted he believes his deputy and does not need to see the paperwork personally when pressed by the Good Morning Britain host.

Sir Keir said: “In the end the question we’re addressing here is where Angela Rayner was living 10 or 15 years ago. Angela has answered that question I don’t know how many times.

“The question at the end is quite a straightforward question which is do you believe Angela Rayner about where she says she was living.

“The answer to that question from me is yes. I don’t need legal advice to tell me whether I believe Angela Rayner when she tells me where she was living.”

Put to him whether he was not looking at the legal …