Thread by @siennamarla

Time for a thread – Labour huddle with Keir Starmer's spokesperson 🧵👇

They made a mistake last weekend: Starmer will actually be out of self-isolation on Tuesday, not Wednesday. Also he has tested negative for Covid-19.

Labour will only reveal how it will vote on a deal once it sees a deal and when the party knows the terms of any vote. But spokesperson says: "No deal would be absolutely catastrophic."

Is Starmer's office confident that the publication of communications via legal action will prove there was no deal over Corbyn's reinstatement? "There is legal action going on and you wouldn't expect me to comment on that."

"What I can say is that we said all along following the decision to suspend Jeremy there was representatives of Jeremy's team talking to our office because they wanted the matter resolved. It's also no secret we wanted Jeremy to apologise or retract his remarks."

Starmer's spokesperson added: "There was no deal on reinstatement, no." Asked whether JC's statement was shared with senior staff before being posted, spokesperson said they would check.

On the Bakers' Union considering its affiliation: "Ultimately we respect the right for all individual unions to take their decisions. Keir has made it his priority as leader to unite the party and the trade union movement".

On whether KS is worried about funding: "We want to grow our funding as all previous leaderships have". On David Abrahams: "Keir wrote to a variety of individuals who had previously donated to the party, it wasn't just David Abrahams."

Understand David Abrahams is under investigation, and Labour has not actually received any donations from him while Keir Starmer has been leader and does not expect to receive donations.

Have KS or David Evans ruled out putting Liverpool Labour in some form of special measures? Spokesperson not aware of this being considered. Would Labour support any move by MHCLG to send commissioners to run Liverpool City Council? "This is a decision for government."

Does KS favour scrapping the directly-elected mayoral model in Liverpool in light of these developments? "Keir doesn't believe there should be any changes to the mayoral model."

Does KS think it was the right move for Wales to cancel exams next year? (If so, should England do the same?) "Each locality will have to take those decisions depending on the circumstances they face"