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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andy Gregory

UK politics live: Rayner insists Labour members in US using ‘their own time’ after Trump-Starmer election row

The claims follow reports of senior Labour officials meeting with Kamala Harris’ campaign - (Reuters/Getty)

Angela Rayner has said that Labour staff campaigning in the United States do so “in their own time”, after Donald Trump’s campaign accused Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party of interfering in the US election.

Filing a complaint with the US Federal Election Commission (FEC) which accuses Labour of illegal foreign campaign donations, the campaign’s co-manager Susie Wiles claimed: “The far-left Labour Party has inspired Kamala’s dangerously liberal policies and rhetoric.

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