UK Labour's Starmer to resign if fined for COVID rule breach

FILE PHOTO: British Labour Party opposition leader Keir Starmer gestures during Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain April 27, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via

LONDON (Reuters) -British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said on Monday he would resign if police decide he broke COVID-19 rules, putting pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has refused to step down after he was fined over a lockdown-busting party.

After months of Johnson being criticised for attending parties at his Downing Street residence when Britain was in a strict coronavirus lockdown, attention has turned to a gathering Starmer attended last year in the northeast of England.