Sir Keir Starmer pays back £6,000 worth of gifts – including Taylor Swift tickets | Politics News

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Sir Keir Starmer has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since taking office, Downing Street has said.

The prime minister is covering the cost of six Taylor Swift tickets, four to the races and a clothing rental agreement with a high-end designer favoured by his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer.

Follow politics latest: Updates on freebies row

It follows weeks of criticism over Sir Keir and his top team accepting tens of thousands of pounds worth of freebies from wealthy donors.

While this has all been declared, opposition parties have accused Labour of hypocrisy, given they vowed to “clean up politics” if they entered government.

Earlier today it emerged that Lord Alli, a top Labour donor who has funded some of the gifts to the prime minister, is facing a House of Lords investigation over “alleged non-registration of interests”, leading to a possible breach of the members’ code of conduct.

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