LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer is under investigation by the parliamentary commissioner for standards over potential breaches of rules on earnings and gifts.

The parliamentary website showed yesterday that Kathryn Stone is looking at whether Sir Keir broke two sections of the MPs’ code of conduct on registering interests.

Sir Keir insisted he was confident he had not broken the rules, saying “there’s no problem here.”

But he has already apologised in writing to Ms Stone “for the fact that administrative errors in his office have led to a small number of late declarations,” according to his spokesman.

One strand of her investigation, which began last Wednesday, is looking at the registration of interests under the section on employment and earnings.

A second area looked at is a possible breach of the section concerning gifts, benefits and hospitality from British sources.

During a visit to Wakefield in West Yorkshire, the Labour leader told broadcasters the allegations were not a surprise, adding: “My office is dealing with it and will be replying in due course.”