Sir Keir Starmer has defended taking free accommodation by claiming it was important for his teenage son.

Earlier this month, The Telegraph reported that the Prime Minister repeatedly used an £18 million penthouse owned by Lord Alli, the Labour peer, while campaigning to enter No 10.

On Wednesday, it emerged he had also used the flat for his son’s GCSE exam preparations, as well as to make a broadcast during the pandemic in which he urged the public to work from home.