We reported earlier this morning that Angela Rayner has said she will not publish the "personal tax advice" she received on the sale of her council house.
This is despite police confirming they are "reassessing" their initial decision not to investigate allegations made about her living arrangements.
Labour's deputy leader told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she was "confident" she had done "absolutely nothing wrong" with regards to the sale of her council house and whether she should have paid capital gains tax on it (more here).
Sir Keir Starmer gave his deputy his full support earlier today, saying he is "satisfied" that she has "not broken any rules" (see post at 10.58).
But speaking to our political editor Beth Rigby following that statement, the Labour leader revealed he has not seen the legal advice given to Ms Rayner, saying there's "no need to" and it is "not appropriate" for him to ask to see it.
"She answered no end of questions from the media on this," he said.
"And she's been very clear - should the authorities want any more information, she's more than happy to provide it for them. I have full confidence and full support in her."
Sir Keir said both his and Ms Rayner's team have seen the advice, and he is not worried about offering her his full backing without having seen it.
"I have faith in Angela Rayner's answers," he said.
"My team has looked at it. Her team's looked at it. There is no need for me personally to look at it, nor is it appropriate to do so."
He added: "But I do think, standing back, it's a sign of how desperate the Tories have got that they want to make this the issue in a local election, which should be about their failure of delivery."