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Keir Starmer and top Labour colleagues to stop taking clothes gifts from donors
Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner will not accept donations for work outfits after row over Waheed Alli gifts
Labour’s first party conference as a new government risks being overshadowed by the donations row as Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner gave in to pressure to stop accepting clothes as free gifts.
The decision followed days of criticism over the Labour peer Waheed Alli funding Starmer’s work wardrobe, as well as clothes for his wife, Victoria, that were not initially declared. The Guardian revealed on Friday that Reeves and Rayner also received donations for work outfits.
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