Starmer admits Lord Alli gave him DOUBLE the money for clothing compared to what he had previously declared
Starmer had previously declared £16,200 from Lord Alli for clothing
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Sir Keir Starmer has admitted that Lord Alli gave him double the money for clothing compared to what he had previously declared.
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Originally, the Prime Minister had previously declared £16,200 in donations to purchase clothes.
However, he has now disclosed an extra £16,000.
The donations were originally declared as money for his private office, but have now been "re-categorised".
Starmer announced that he will no longer accept money for clothes while in office
PAThe latest gifts - which were declared on time - were not previously known as they were described as being “for the private office of the Leader of the Opposition”.
It is understood that the PM sought advice from the registrar of MPs’ interests over the two donations, and they will be re-categorised as “donations in kind” of clothing.
Sir Keir also received £2,400 from Lord Alli for glasses and the use of an £18million penthouse - as did Wes Streeting.
He did however announce that he will no longer accept money for clothes while in office.
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Lord Waheed Alli has been at the centre of the Labour donorgate scandalGettyHis Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, and Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, have both pledged the same.
This comes after the Labour leader was embroiled in another scandal involving Lord Alli, using his penthouse apartment to film a video during the pandemic urging people to stay home.
The video was broadcast five days after the Conservative government announced new guidance aimed at limiting the spread of a new strain of Covid-19, which urged people to work from home where possible.
Political blog Guido Fawkes reports the Christmas message was filmed in Lord Alli's flat in December 2021, when Starmer was leader of the opposition.
The room was identified from the shelves behind the future PM which had previously appeared in a video from inside Lord Alli's flat.
The re-emergence of the broadcast marks just the latest political gaffe for the Prime Minister after he was forced to repeatedly defend using the flat owned by the Labour peer while campaigning to enter No10.
The Prime Minister's press secretary said that no Covid rules had been broken by the use of the flat for the broadcast.
Asked whether Sir Keir was "completely confident" that all the rules at the time had been obeyed, she replied: "Correct."