Sir Keir Starmer will no longer accept donations in the future to pay for clothes, Sky News understands.
Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner also announced they would take the same approach moving forward.
The decision by the prime minister, chancellor and deputy prime minister follows scrutiny of Sir Keir Starmer and his wife for accepting donations.
The prime minister has accepted work clothing donations worth £16,200, and multiple pairs of glasses, to the value of £2,485.
Ms Rayner has accepted clothing donations too, to the value of £2,230.
The chancellor has not accepted any such donations, according to the MPs’ register of interests.
Sky News revealed the scale of Sir Keir’s donations this week as part of our Westminster Accounts investigation.
boycecodd on
But donations for the Arsenal VIP boxes and Taylor Swift concerts and everything else will continue to be accepted, one presumes.
Legitimate-Leg-4720 on
What more could you possibly need after spending £16,200 on clothing, anyway?
Apprehensive-Art2293 on
Definitely the right move but a lot of damage has been done already. It was a pointless thing for him to dig his heels in over, especially in the current environment and with a seemingly difficult budget coming up.
corbynista2029 on
>multiple pairs of glasses, to the value of £2,485.
What the fuck are the types of glasses he is wearing lol. Do they have diamond lenses or something?
ACO_22 on
Lmao won’t accept clothes donations after receiving 16k worth already.
klepto_entropoid on
Multi millionaire accepting ANY donations is massive red flag for a politician. The man has the worst optics since Bojo and he doesn’t even seem to be trying..
JamitryFyodorovich on
Good, but he needs to go further to restore faith. No personal donations whatsoever. Any cost incurred by the job should be provided by the state. There has to be a clear divide between lawmakers and lobbyists.
ParkingMachine3534 on
Just taking donations of everything else on the planet then.
britishotter on
can someone tell me why a representative of the people, the vast majority of which do not wear expensive clothes, need to have thousand pound suits?
he should be wearing what the common folk wear. he is a member of the house of commons.
WHY IS HE NOT WEARING A BURLAP SACK
Endless-Riddle on
I feel so sorry for Britain. This guy who is currently in charge is an absolute turd.
callsignhotdog on
I work a middle management job at a small software company. Even I have to do regular training about reporting anything bigger than a branded pen or a lunch meeting, and avoiding even the APPEARANCE of impropriety.
llihxeb on
That was wrong then? Everybody’s in the f****** trough
Dedsnotdead on
Will he and his Wife still be accepting business attire?
michaelisnotginger on
What kind of man has another man buy his wife clothes? Odd
potpan0 on
Jesus fucking Christ. So Starmer and the rest of the Cabinet spend an entire week going before the press absolutely embarrassing themselves trying to find a dozen different ways to insist that Starmer and his wife and other Cabinet members are actually totally justified in taking these donations and that if anything they’re doing *us* a favour by taking them… only to end the week by backing down and admitting it was a mistake and saying they won’t take (some) donations any more.
What a fucking comms *disaster*. The entire comms team should be given their P45s. Of course they won’t though. There have been similar, though not quite as massive, comms disasters before but the comms team have kept trundling on like nothing has happened. But this is what happens when you spend a decade getting comparatively cushy treatment by the press and are totally unprepared for when they start turning the screw even the tiniest amount.
sookmaaroot on
He doesn’t need any fucking BRIBARY donations, cunts on over £150,000 a year wages.
yellowrainbird on
But if he can’t accept socks and scarves, and wooly bobblehats sent in by adoring UK pensioners, how on earth will the poor man stay warm this winter?!
Expensive_Rub5564 on
The man is on £100k, why would he be accepting gifts. Can’t buy work clothes and glasses with that salary? Shameful PM.
Should take the donation money and give it to struggling families or food banks that support the local community.
arenaross on
Everyone here is going to be so angry when they find out about Boris Johnson.
RegTruscott on
> Starmer to no longer accept donations to pay for clothes
He’s doubling down. Minimum gift going forward is a car.
Emotional-Ebb8321 on
I understand that instead donations will be accepted in the form of complete garments rather than money to pay for garments.
Legendofvader on
Too late at this juncture his image as Mr Clean is done.
pa6lo on
We probably live in a soap opera if Sky and BBC report this as breaking news.
Melodic-Display-6311 on
You know at least with BoJo he didn’t care that people knew he was corrupt, Starmer decried Tory corruption and sleaze and not even two months in office he does this???
I’m actually wondering if Labour are trying to piss people off deliberately at this point
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Sir Keir Starmer will no longer accept donations in the future to pay for clothes, Sky News understands.
Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner also announced they would take the same approach moving forward.
The decision by the prime minister, chancellor and deputy prime minister follows scrutiny of Sir Keir Starmer and his wife for accepting donations.
The prime minister has accepted work clothing donations worth £16,200, and multiple pairs of glasses, to the value of £2,485.
Ms Rayner has accepted clothing donations too, to the value of £2,230.
The chancellor has not accepted any such donations, according to the MPs’ register of interests.
Sky News revealed the scale of Sir Keir’s donations this week as part of our Westminster Accounts investigation.
But donations for the Arsenal VIP boxes and Taylor Swift concerts and everything else will continue to be accepted, one presumes.
What more could you possibly need after spending £16,200 on clothing, anyway?
Definitely the right move but a lot of damage has been done already. It was a pointless thing for him to dig his heels in over, especially in the current environment and with a seemingly difficult budget coming up.
>multiple pairs of glasses, to the value of £2,485.
What the fuck are the types of glasses he is wearing lol. Do they have diamond lenses or something?
Lmao won’t accept clothes donations after receiving 16k worth already.
Multi millionaire accepting ANY donations is massive red flag for a politician. The man has the worst optics since Bojo and he doesn’t even seem to be trying..
Good, but he needs to go further to restore faith. No personal donations whatsoever. Any cost incurred by the job should be provided by the state. There has to be a clear divide between lawmakers and lobbyists.
Just taking donations of everything else on the planet then.
can someone tell me why a representative of the people, the vast majority of which do not wear expensive clothes, need to have thousand pound suits?
he should be wearing what the common folk wear. he is a member of the house of commons.
WHY IS HE NOT WEARING A BURLAP SACK
I feel so sorry for Britain. This guy who is currently in charge is an absolute turd.
I work a middle management job at a small software company. Even I have to do regular training about reporting anything bigger than a branded pen or a lunch meeting, and avoiding even the APPEARANCE of impropriety.
That was wrong then? Everybody’s in the f****** trough
Will he and his Wife still be accepting business attire?
What kind of man has another man buy his wife clothes? Odd
Jesus fucking Christ. So Starmer and the rest of the Cabinet spend an entire week going before the press absolutely embarrassing themselves trying to find a dozen different ways to insist that Starmer and his wife and other Cabinet members are actually totally justified in taking these donations and that if anything they’re doing *us* a favour by taking them… only to end the week by backing down and admitting it was a mistake and saying they won’t take (some) donations any more.
What a fucking comms *disaster*. The entire comms team should be given their P45s. Of course they won’t though. There have been similar, though not quite as massive, comms disasters before but the comms team have kept trundling on like nothing has happened. But this is what happens when you spend a decade getting comparatively cushy treatment by the press and are totally unprepared for when they start turning the screw even the tiniest amount.
He doesn’t need any fucking BRIBARY donations, cunts on over £150,000 a year wages.
But if he can’t accept socks and scarves, and wooly bobblehats sent in by adoring UK pensioners, how on earth will the poor man stay warm this winter?!
The man is on £100k, why would he be accepting gifts. Can’t buy work clothes and glasses with that salary? Shameful PM.
Should take the donation money and give it to struggling families or food banks that support the local community.
Everyone here is going to be so angry when they find out about Boris Johnson.
> Starmer to no longer accept donations to pay for clothes
He’s doubling down. Minimum gift going forward is a car.
I understand that instead donations will be accepted in the form of complete garments rather than money to pay for garments.
Too late at this juncture his image as Mr Clean is done.
We probably live in a soap opera if Sky and BBC report this as breaking news.
You know at least with BoJo he didn’t care that people knew he was corrupt, Starmer decried Tory corruption and sleaze and not even two months in office he does this???
I’m actually wondering if Labour are trying to piss people off deliberately at this point