Sir Keir Starmer’s voice coach has condemned the “nudge nudge, wink wink” comments about her work with the Prime Minister during lockdown. Leonie Mellinger claimed that the media response to ...

Sir Keir Starmer has defended employing a voice coach, Leonie Mellinger, who it has emerged went to Labour HQ to work with him during the COVID pandemic.

The row is over whether actor Leonie Mellinger would have been allowed to advise the Labour leader in person during tier 4 lockdown as the country closed for Christmas.

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

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has defended his meetings with Leonie Mellinger amid opposition attacks. Downing Street has defended the voice coach who Sir Keir Starmer met in December 2020 as a ...