The debate about the new British Prime Minister’s handling of donations seems to have no end. Keir Starmer’s statements do not always make things better.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer justified a grant worth £20,000 with his son’s A-level exam. He promised his 16-year-old son that he would be able to study in a calm environment despite the hustle and bustle of the election campaign, Starmer told the BBC.
“Someone then offered me accommodation where that was possible and I accepted the offer. It didn’t cost the taxpayer a penny,” said the leader of the social democratic Labour Party.
Starmer and other politicians in the party leadership have been under criticism for days for their handling of donations. Since December 2019, Starmer has accepted more donations than almost any other member of the House of Commons. Their value was more than 100,000 pounds (around 119,700 euros). These included clothing, glasses and VIP tickets to Premier League football matches and a Taylor Swift concert.
Labour will no longer accept clothing donations
The head of government was in a difficult position to explain, among other things, a clothing donation for his wife Victoria, which he had only declared late in the report for MPs. According to reports, the Labour Party leadership wants to refrain from accepting clothing donations in the future.
The majority of the donations to Starmer came from millionaire Waheed Alli. Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner also came under criticism because she had stayed overnight in Alli’s luxury property in New York with another Labour MP, but only partially disclosed this.
The events are piquant for Starmer and his Labour Party. Starmer, who has only been in office since the beginning of July, has always portrayed himself as a political clean-up man who wants to clean up the escapades of the previous conservative government. Now it looks as if he is seamlessly continuing the Tories’ scandals.
Source: Stern
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