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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Labour updates ministerial code of conduct in effort to restore trust

Sir Keir Starmer speaking in the House of Commons
In a foreword to the code, Starmer calls the restoration of trust in politics ‘the great test of our era’. Photograph: House of Commons/PA

Ministers will still be allowed to receive gifts and hospitality but must show good judgment and declare the value of anything they receive, according to an updated code of ministerial conduct.

The revised code does not explicitly rule out the acceptance of gifts like the clothes and glasses received by Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves – although many of these were given before they entered office.

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