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Sir Keir pays back £6,000 worth of gifts

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To the latest development in Labour’s freebie fiasco, as it transpires that Sir Keir Starmer has paid back over £6,000 of gifts he received from wealthy donors. No. 10 revealed the Prime Minister chose to cough up the funds for six Taylor Swift tickets, four Doncaster racing tickets and the clothing gifted to his wife. The news that Sir Keir would be paying back the cost of the freebies himself came last night as the donations were about to be uncovered in the latest list of MPs’ financial declarations.

Starmer’s about turn poses some rather awkward questions for the rest of Starmer’s cabinet however – who haven’t quite found it in themselves to do the same. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner declared £836 for an Ibiza DJ booth visit, while Foreign Secretary David Lammy was given tickets to for an Arsenal game, the latest register shows. The revelations follow the frockgate scandal, where it emerged that Lady Starmer had accepted

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