Starmer £200 curry bill claim 'spiced up'

Takeaway: Order much smaller

- PHIL CARDY

KEIR Starmer’s reported £200 “Beergate” curry bill has been exaggerated, says the takeaway that served it.

Durham Police are probing whether the Labour Leader’s beer and nosh with party workers broke Covid rules.

It was widely reported the bill was £200 – enough to feed up to 30 people and believed to be the key claim that triggered the police probe.

However, the Capital restaurant in Durham yesterday revealed the bill was significantly less – although a breakdown of the order has been wiped off its system. Syed Zohorul Jr, who helps run the Capital, said: “It hasn’t been that big an order. It wasn’t £200. It would definitely have been a much smaller order.