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Labour dropped plan to ban foreign donors after Waheed Alli intervened, book claims

Peer who gave gifts to Keir Starmer is said to have blocked ban on potential Elon Musk donations to Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

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Labour’s first seven months have been far from a honeymoon

The Independent UK

Downfall by Nadine Dorries review – wild wild Westminster

The former culture secretary’s ‘real-life political thriller’ takes in sex parties and pasta plotters – but raises more questions than it answers

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Labour updates ministerial code of conduct in effort to restore trust

Ministers can still accept gifts but must declare their value in monthly register and ‘show good judgment’

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner takes £3550 worth of free clothes from Lord Alli

ANGELA Rayner received clothing worth more than £3000 from the Labour peer and donor Waheed Alli, it has emerged.

The National (Scotland)

Labour donor Waheed Alli found to have breached rules on register of interests

Findings by House of Lords standards commissioner do not relate to party donations but to way he registered business interests

The Guardian - UK

Labour peer at centre of Starmer donations scandal found to have breached Lords rules

Lord Alli was found to have committed four breaches of Lords rules over declarations in his register of interests

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UK politics live: Rayner insists Labour members in US using ‘their own time’ after Trump-Starmer election row

Trump campaign has filed complaint with US Federal Election Commission to allege interference by Labour Party

The Independent UK

Labour’s first 100 days running UK panned as ‘worst start in living memory’

A donations scandal and controversial decision to deny a payment to pensioners overshadow Starmer’s new administration.

Al Jazeera

Revolts and resignations: a timeline of Starmer’s first three months in power

Infighting and uproar over welfare and freebies have dashed PM’s hopes of a honeymoon after his election landslide

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer: Accepting freebies was 'not a misstep'

KEIR Starmer has said him paying back more than £6000 worth of gifts and hospitality is not an admission he made a misstep.

The National (Scotland)

MPs accepting freebies while out of power ‘different’, minister claims

Sarah Jones defends frontbenchers taking free tickets to concerts and festivals while in opposition as ‘building relationships’

The Independent UK

Labour gifts row grows as ministers under pressure to repay cost of Taylor Swift and Glastonbury freebies

It comes after No10 announced that Sir Keir Starmer has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality

Evening Standard

Deputy PM Angela Rayner’s Ibiza DJ booth party revealed to be £836 freebie

The politician was spotted dancing alongside a DJ in superclub Hï Ibiza in August

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Keir Starmer’s plan to fix Britain’s fractured friendship with Europe

In today’s newsletter: Yearly summits, freedom of movement (sort of) – how the prime minister is trying to repair the UK-EU bond

The National (Scotland)

Angela Rayner's Ibiza DJ booth party revealed as freebie worth almost £1000

ANGELA Rayner’s trip to an Ibiza nightclub where she partied in a DJ booth over the summer was a freebie worth almost £1000, it has been revealed…

The Independent UK

Starmer pays back £6,000 of gifts in third attempt to close down freebies row

Faced with an inquiry into his leading donor of gifts, Keir Starmer has tried for a third time to shut down the freebies row

The Independent UK

Starmer faces reality check over reset with Europe despite hailing ‘very productive’ talks

The PM came away from talks with commission president with plans for further talks this autumn followed by a summit early next year

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The Independent UK

Labour peer Lord Alli under investigation over ‘alleged non-registration of interests’

Standards watchdog set to look into claims against peer who funded donations to PM Sir Keir Starmer

The National (Scotland)

Lord Alli under investigation for 'failing to declare' business dealings

LABOUR donor Waheed Alli is under investigation by the House of Lords authorities for allegedly failing to properly declare his business dealings.

Evening Standard

What do political donors get for their money? Labour under fire for accepting freebies

The Cabinet Office Minister has said the government is tightening the rules around political gifts

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet ministers call for Jonathan Ashworth role at 10 Downing Street after weeks of infighting

Senior party figures want the former Leicester MP to be given key post after party squanders electoral honeymoon over rivalry and free gifts row

The Independent UK

Rosie Duffield quits Labour with damning attack on Keir Starmer

The Canterbury MP and long time critic of Keir Starmer will sit as an independent after resigning the Labour whip ‘with immediate effect’

The Independent UK

Starmer facing calls for an investigation into gifts from Lord Alli after £16,000 in new clothing revealed

Sir Keir Starmer has been under intense scrutiny over donations from Lord Alli including thousands of pounds worth of clothing

The Guardian - UK

MPs have declared more than £6m in ‘freebies’ since 2010, analysis shows

Exclusive: Calls for urgent reform after figures show almost half of donations since 2010 given in last two years

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