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Angela Rayner declares £3,550 worth of clothes from Lord Alli

The Deputy Prime Minister updated a declaration of a gift from the Labour backer to show it was for work clothes.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (Danny Lawson/PA)
By Helen Corbett, PA Political Correspondent

Angela Rayner has declared £3,550 worth of clothes donated by Lord Alli earlier this year.

The Deputy Prime Minister updated her entry in the register of interests to reflect that the donation received in June was for “work clothes for use while undertaking duties”.

She originally described it as a “donation in kind for undertaking parliamentary duties” from Lord Alli.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner clap their hands during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool
Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner clap their hands during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)

Ms Rayner, Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves stopped accepting donations to pay for clothes in September after the Prime Minister and his top team received criticism for accepting freebies.

The Prime Minister has paid back £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality he received since entering Number 10.

He also commissioned a new set of principles on gifts and hospitality to be published as part of the updated Ministerial Code.