The Labour leader and his deputy attended a gathering in an MP's office during lockdown.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner have received police questionnaires as part of an inquiry into alleged Covid rule-breaking.
Durham Constabulary initially decided against an investigation, but opted last month to go ahead with one.The Labour leader was caught on camera as he drank a bottle of beer while in the constituency office of City of Durham MP Mary Foy.How much political danger is Boris Johnson in? There was an exemption for work purposes, but the rules did not mention socialising at work - and there was also an exemption if "the gathering is reasonably necessary for the purposes of campaigning in an election".
Durham Constabulary initially decided that no offence had occurred, but amid calls for the police to re-examine the incident, the force announced an investigation saying it had since received "significant new information".It came amid the fallout from the Metropolitan Police investigation into several parties in Downing Street and Whitehall during coronavirus restrictions.
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