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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

Angela Rayner’s Ibiza DJ booth party revealed as £836 freebie

Revelation comes as Sir Keir Starmer’s government continues to face criticism over ministerial donations

The Independent UK

Why official register of MPs’ financial interests is now a must-read

Revelations about gifts of clothes and tickets to sporting events have put MPs’ declarations in the spotlight

The Guardian - UK

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London house-building must 'markedly increase', Angela Rayner warns Sadiq Khan

The Deputy PM told the capital’s mayor she expects London to ‘take steps to boost its output’ of new homes

Evening Standard

Peer gave Keir Starmer more clothes worth £16,000, declared as money for private office

Exclusive: Donations worth £10,000 in October 2023 and £6,000 in February 2024 bring gifted clothes total to £32,000

The Guardian - UK

Starmer saved by Tory leadership chaos in Labour poll slide over freebies row

Exclusive: Despite being beset by criticism over freebies and gifts, Keir Starmer and Labour appear to be holding firm in the polls with the leaderless Tories struggling to make in-roads

The Independent UK

Take it from me (and Keir Starmer) – you should never pretend to be more working class than you are

The rightwing press will always try to pick apart Labour MPs’ origin stories. Far better to be honest about your roots, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Much to celebrate in Liverpool – but too soon to joke about ‘Dressgate’

Joy and relief among Labour MPs was obvious, but tensions around donations, fuel poverty and Sue Gray’s salary lingered

The Guardian - UK

Rayner and Reeves lead big turnout by cabinet for Labour Friends of Israel

With pro-Palestinian protesters outside, cabinet ministers were out in force at conference to support Labour Friends of Israel

The Independent UK

Labour needs to build neighbourhoods, not just houses

Letters: Dr Lorens Holm says new housing schemes need to be integrated into public spaces and amenities, not increase isolation and dependence on cars. Plus letters from Frances Heywood and Richard James Illidge

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Angela Rayner, stop playing the working class card

Sir Keir Starmer is off to New York and all but the party nerds are drifting away from Liverpool and the Labour party conference. The good news for the PM is that hardly anyone is around for the union debate about the winter fuel payment; the bad is that he’s…

Evening Standard

'No better than the Tories': What young Labour members think of freebies row

LABOUR have looked to put the freebies row to bed at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool – seen as a distraction for what was supposed to…

The National (Scotland)

Labour has been overdoing the doom and gloom – but now Reeves has given us a glimpse of sunshine

Though the freebies scandal soured the start of conference, the party can regain the moral high ground, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer Faces Donation Controversy

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces criticism for accepting gifts, while his chief of staff's salary and past investigations draw attention. Labour Part...

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The National (Scotland)

Three in five already think Labour set to lose next election, poll finds

MOST voters already think Labour will lose the next General Election, according to a new poll.

The National (Scotland)

Angela Rayner faces questions over £68,000 a year 'vanity photographer'

ANGELA Rayner faces questions over her recruitment of a “vanity photographer” – despite her past criticisms of others for doing the same.

The National (Scotland)

'Short changed by Labour': Anas Sarwar and Ian Murray in freebies row

ANAS Sarwar and Ian Murray have been caught up in the Labour freebies row as it has emerged they were treated to hospitality at a Liverpool match.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves defends £7,500 clothes funding with Labour under pressure over donations

Chancellor also backs Angela Rayner over department’s hiring of taxpayer-funded photographer

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The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves reminds Nick Robinson during donations grilling she went to Proms with him as BBC guest

The chancellor pointed out that BBC presenter Nick Robinson took her to the Proms as a guest of the broastcaster

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar branded 'desperate' ahead of conference speech attacking SNP

ANAS Sarwar has been branded a “desperate leader of a desperate party” ahead of his speech to Labour conference on Monday...

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves to announce investigations into £600m worth of Covid contracts

Chancellor to use speech at Labour conference to pledge reversal of Conservative approach to ‘waive’ £670m worth of disputed contracts

The Independent UK

Reeves tries to lift Labour gloom by pledging ‘No return to austerity’

Rachel Reeves will today try to inject optimism into the Labour conference after a gloomy start to government

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner hints at major social housing announcement

Deputy prime minister tells Labour conference she expects chancellor to make promise on building at spending review

The Guardian - UK

Labour delegates long to celebrate, but ministers can’t quite feel the joy

The party should be toasting its landslide, but instead a state of near-paralysis seems to have set in

Evening Standard

Labour's Angela Rayner says 'personal holiday' in New York with Sam Tarry 'broke no rules'

Deputy PM says no rules were broken on New York trip

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