Starmer repays more than £6k in gifts since becoming PM

Sir Keir Starmer has paid backmost much than £6,000 worthy of gifts received since becoming premier minister, pursuing a backlash implicit donations.

The premier curate is covering the outgo of six Taylor Swift tickets, 4 tickets to the races and a covering rental statement with a high-end decorator favoured by his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer.

It comes aft Sir Keir and different furniture ministers person faced weeks of disapproval for accepting freebies from affluent donors.

Sir Keir has committed to tightening the rules astir ministerial hospitality to amended transparency.

A Downing Street spokesperson said: "The premier curate has commissioned a caller acceptable of principles connected gifts and hospitality to beryllium published arsenic portion of the updated ministerial code.

"Ahead of the work of the caller code, the premier curate has paid for respective entries connected his ain register.

"This volition look successful the adjacent registry of members' interests."