Rosie Duffield leads the Left in turning on Starmer as fury grows over undeclared donations
Duffield apparently highlighted the disparity between the donations and MPs' salaries
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Labour MP Rosie Duffield has lashed out at the Prime Minister over his failure to declare that a multi-millionaire party donor bought clothes for his wife.
Lord Waheed Alli, a Labour peer since 1998, had covered the cost of a personal shopper, dresses and clothes alterations for Lady Victoria Starmer, the Sunday Times revealed.
The gifts were not initially declared in the register of MPs' interests - though it's understood that the PM approached parliamentary authorities on Tuesday to make a late declaration after being given updated advice on what needed to be registered.
Sir Keir Starmer faces calls for a "full investigation" into the alleged breach of parliamentary rules - led by the Tories, who have already dubbed the incident the "passes for glasses scandal".
The PM had failed to declare that a multi-millionaire party donor bought clothes for his wife
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But alongside the Conservative criticism, Starmer has come under fire from within his own party.
This morning, outspoken Labour MP Rosie Duffield took a series of swipes at the PM on social media in response to the Sunday Times article.
Replying to a post online, Duffield jabbed sarcastically: "Change."
Labour ran its 2024 election campaign under the one-word slogan of "change", vowing to clean up politics and restore trust in politicians.
Then, the Canterbury MP began engaging with members of the public in response to her post.
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Lady Starmer was covered for a personal shopper, dresses and clothes alterations
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Rosie Duffield has hit out at the PM over the donations row
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Duffield made a number of jabs at Labour on social media
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One, referencing the nearly £80,000 of donated items between 2019 and July 1 this year which Starmer has already declared, said "Labour sleaze is real".
Duffield, apparently highlighting the disparity between the donations and MPs' salaries, replied: "The lowest-paid backbench MPs (like me) now earn £91,000. The Leader of the Opposition is about £145,000, PM obviously considerably more.
"Some pensioners who will have their Winter Fuel Allowance removed will receive far less than £13,000," she added.
Another social media user asked: "What's happened to Labour, Rosie?" - to which she replied: "Power...".
Lord Alli had covered the cost of a personal shopper, dresses and clothes alterations for Lady Victoria Starmer
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Alongside Duffield, Starmer has also taken flak from hard-left pressure group Momentum - which accused the PM of "prioritising the rich and powerful" over the majority.
The group said: "Labour members deserve a leadership which has the moral clarity to prioritise the interests of the majority over the rich and powerful - that isn't what they're getting."
On Sunday morning, Foreign Secretary David Lammy was forced to defend the so-called scandal.
Speaking to the BBC, Lammy said the Starmers accepted the donations so they could "look their best".
He told the broadcaster: "I'm not suggesting the Prime Minister is broke," but "successive Prime Ministers want to look their best - and their partners - for the country... that is what lies behind this."
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