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The Sunday Times reports that the gifts covered Victoria Starmer's covering costs some earlier and aft the wide election
Sir Keir Starmer whitethorn person breached parliamentary rules successful failing to state apparel bought for his woman by Labour donor Lord Waheed Alli.
According to the Sunday Times, the donations besides covered the outgo of a idiosyncratic shopper and alterations for Victoria, some earlier and aft the wide election.
The premier curate reportedly approached parliamentary authorities connected Tuesday to marque a precocious declaration aft being fixed caller proposal connected what items needed to beryllium disclosed.
A No 10 spokesperson said Sir Keir believed helium had complied with the rules, but had since declared further items.
MPs are required to registry gifts and donations wrong 28 days of receiving them.
A No 10 spokeswoman said: "We sought proposal from the authorities connected coming to office.
"We believed we had been compliant, however, pursuing further interrogation this month, we person declared further items."
Lord Alli has antecedently bought apparel and glasses for Sir Keir, which person been listed connected his introduction connected the registry of MPs' interests.
Most recently, the premier curate declared the information Lord Alli had provided him with accommodation for respective weeks, which is recorded arsenic being worthy much than £20,000.
In August, it emerged Lord Alli had been given a impermanent Downing Street information pass contempt having nary ceremonial authorities role.
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Lord Alli was enobled by Tony Blair successful 1998 and has precocious led fundraising for the Labour Party, arsenic good arsenic donating to individuals including Sir Keir
The Conservative Party has called for the premier curate to look a "full investigation" into the "apparent superior breaches of parliamentary rules".
Andy Carter, a erstwhile Conservative MP who sat connected Parliament's Standards Committee, told the BBC that registering interests was a "base level work of MPs" and that Sir Keir "has signifier connected this".
The premier curate was referred to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner successful 2022, erstwhile helium was recovered to person been precocious successful registering 8 interests, including tickets to shot matches and the merchantability of a crippled of land.
The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner has not yet commented connected the Sunday Times report.
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