Ellie Reeves was corned by Kay Burley on Sky News this morning

Kay Burley cornered the Labour Party chair on Tuesday over the ongoing sleaze row.

Labour peer Lord Alli was given a pass to No.10 immediately after the general election, despite not being a political adviser or senior civil servant.

While ministers claim he no longer has such high security clearance, the matter has still caused alarm.

When the Sky News host brought it up in their interview this morning, the party chair Ellie Reeves replied: “I understand it was for a period of a few weeks when we first got into government. Lord Alli is a well-respected Labour peer.”

“Shouldn’t have access to Downing Street though!” Burley interjected.

While Reeves said he did not contribute to any policy decisions, Burley cut in: “It doesn’t matter!”

Reeves just pushed on: “It’s not unusual for a, errrr, political figure, er, to have a pass, errrr, as far as I’m aware, no rules have been broken, and he........

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