Diane Abbott lays into Keir Starmer over gifting scandal as she accuses PM of being in 'pockets of millionaires'
Diane Abbott has slammed Sir Keir Starmer as the backbencher claims the Prime Minister is 'in the pocket of millionaires'
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Diane Abbott has slammed Sir Keir Starmer as the backbencher claims the Prime Minister is "in the pocket of millionaires".
Speaking ahead of Labour's annual conference in Liverpool, Abbott condemned Starmer following a dispute over his acceptance of thousands of pounds worth of clothing from Lord Alli, a Labour peer and his largest personal donor.
On Friday, Starmer, Angela Rayner, his deputy, and Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor said they would stop taking donations for clothes.
Slamming comments made by Ellie Reeves, the Chancellor’s sister and the Labour chairman, Abbott wrote on social media: "Ellie Reeves MP says 'Labour’s general election victory was only possible because under Keir’s leadership we changed the party'.
Diane Abbott has slammed Sir Keir Starmer as the backbencher claims the Prime Minister is 'in the pocket of millionaires'PA"Changed it into an organisation whose leaders are in the pocket of millionaires?"
The ex shadow home secretary published her comments alongside a picture of the Prime Minister.
Abbott was suspended last year for claiming that Jewish people did not suffer racism "all their lives".
She has since repeatedly apologised for the remarks.
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Starmer has not said he will pay the donations back.
He also suggested that he will continue to have receive his corporate tickets at Arsenal football club.
Earlier this week, Reeves admitted she had being handed almost £7,500 for clothing since 2023 from a friend called Juliet Rosenfield, the widow of a Labour donor.
The revelations come ahead of the Labour party conference.
Diane Abbott condemned Starmer following a dispute over his acceptance of thousands of pounds worth of clothing from Lord Alli, a Labour peer and his largest personal donor
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Ellie Reeves said the conference would be a "momentous occasion".
She said: "This is a time to come together and thank Labour activists for their hard work and their belief that a better future is possible, as well as to outline how Labour is already hard at work to deliver the change that people voted for.
"Labour has delivered a stable, united government for the first time in years.
"We have a long-term, mission-based approach that will tackle the country’s deep-seated problems and deliver on the national renewal the country desperately needs after 14 years of Tory chaos. Change begins now."
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