Politics

He is charged with two counts of distributing indecent images of children, three counts of making indecent images of children, two counts of possession of images and one count of publishing an obscene article.

One MP said the move is proof that Starmer is "de-Corbynising the Labour Party".

It comes after his former leadership rival shared an article containing an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.

Senior Tories rallied round Communities Secretary Mr Jenrick but questions about his handling of the row continued to mount.

He said drinking a yard of ale will help people maintain the new "one-metre plus" rules on social distancing.

RCN director Susan Masters said "testing of health and care workers and the people they are caring for has to be a priority".

"If you have enough money, you can sit down and talk with a minister".

Photos of Jenrick sat at the same table as Mr Desmond and Boris with his arm around him have been suppressed by the Conservatives.

It comes after the Government announced it was ditching efforts to build an in-house NHS app to back up its test-and-trace programme.