Labour donor Lord Alli evicted tenants before hiking rent by nearly £1,000 Family with children forced out of north London home before property put back on the market at 25% higher rent The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2025
A year of Keir: the first 365 days of Starmer in power Three trade deals, five U-turns, 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence, eight ministerial resignations, 49 welfare rebels, record small boat crossings – the statistics behind Keir Starmer’s first year as prime minister explored by Alicja Hagopian and David Maddox The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2025
Labour dropped plan to ban foreign donors after Waheed Alli intervened, book claims Peer who gave gifts to Keir Starmer is said to have blocked ban on potential Elon Musk donations to Reform UK The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2025
What were Labour’s most damaging issues of 2024? Labour’s first seven months have been far from a honeymoon The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2024
Downfall by Nadine Dorries review – wild wild Westminster The former culture secretary’s ‘real-life political thriller’ takes in sex parties and pasta plotters – but raises more questions than it answers The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2024
Labour updates ministerial code of conduct in effort to restore trust Ministers can still accept gifts but must declare their value in monthly register and ‘show good judgment’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2024
Angela Rayner takes £3550 worth of free clothes from Lord Alli ANGELA Rayner received clothing worth more than £3000 from the Labour peer and donor Waheed Alli, it has emerged. The National (Scotland) · Nov 1, 2024
Labour donor Waheed Alli found to have breached rules on register of interests Findings by House of Lords standards commissioner do not relate to party donations but to way he registered business interests The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024
Labour peer at centre of Starmer donations scandal found to have breached Lords rules Lord Alli was found to have committed four breaches of Lords rules over declarations in his register of interests The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024
UK politics live: Rayner insists Labour members in US using ‘their own time’ after Trump-Starmer election row Trump campaign has filed complaint with US Federal Election Commission to allege interference by Labour Party The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024
Labour’s first 100 days running UK panned as ‘worst start in living memory’ A donations scandal and controversial decision to deny a payment to pensioners overshadow Starmer’s new administration. Al Jazeera · Oct 11, 2024
Revolts and resignations: a timeline of Starmer’s first three months in power Infighting and uproar over welfare and freebies have dashed PM’s hopes of a honeymoon after his election landslide The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024
Keir Starmer: Accepting freebies was 'not a misstep' KEIR Starmer has said him paying back more than £6000 worth of gifts and hospitality is not an admission he made a misstep. The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2024
MPs accepting freebies while out of power ‘different’, minister claims Sarah Jones defends frontbenchers taking free tickets to concerts and festivals while in opposition as ‘building relationships’ The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2024 Labour gifts row grows as ministers under pressure to repay cost of Taylor Swift and Glastonbury freebies It comes after No10 announced that Sir Keir Starmer has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2024 Deputy PM Angela Rayner’s Ibiza DJ booth party revealed to be £836 freebie The politician was spotted dancing alongside a DJ in superclub Hï Ibiza in August
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024 Thursday briefing: Keir Starmer’s plan to fix Britain’s fractured friendship with Europe In today’s newsletter: Yearly summits, freedom of movement (sort of) – how the prime minister is trying to repair the UK-EU bond
The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2024 Angela Rayner's Ibiza DJ booth party revealed as freebie worth almost £1000 ANGELA Rayner’s trip to an Ibiza nightclub where she partied in a DJ booth over the summer was a freebie worth almost £1000, it has been revealed…
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2024 Starmer pays back £6,000 of gifts in third attempt to close down freebies row Faced with an inquiry into his leading donor of gifts, Keir Starmer has tried for a third time to shut down the freebies row
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2024 Starmer faces reality check over reset with Europe despite hailing ‘very productive’ talks The PM came away from talks with commission president with plans for further talks this autumn followed by a summit early next year
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2024 Labour peer Lord Alli under investigation over ‘alleged non-registration of interests’ Standards watchdog set to look into claims against peer who funded donations to PM Sir Keir Starmer
The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2024 Lord Alli under investigation for 'failing to declare' business dealings LABOUR donor Waheed Alli is under investigation by the House of Lords authorities for allegedly failing to properly declare his business dealings.
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2024 What do political donors get for their money? Labour under fire for accepting freebies The Cabinet Office Minister has said the government is tightening the rules around political gifts
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024 Cabinet ministers call for Jonathan Ashworth role at 10 Downing Street after weeks of infighting Senior party figures want the former Leicester MP to be given key post after party squanders electoral honeymoon over rivalry and free gifts row
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2024 Rosie Duffield quits Labour with damning attack on Keir Starmer The Canterbury MP and long time critic of Keir Starmer will sit as an independent after resigning the Labour whip ‘with immediate effect’