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Waheed Alli, Baron Alli pictured in 2010. On 24 August 2024, in what has been dubbed the "passes for glasses" affair, The Times reported that, shortly after Starmer became the prime minister, Lord Alli, Starmer's biggest personal donor, had been given a security pass.
The Palace of Westminster, in which the Houses of Parliament are based This article lists the published allegations of expenses abuse made against specific members of the British Parliament in the course of the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal. While the majority of these were first made public by The Daily Telegraph on or after 8 May 2009, a few cases had already come to public ...
The Labour Party formed a three-person panel of its National Executive Committee (NEC) in order to investigate some of its MPs who were referred to it over expenses allegations, which quickly became known as the "Star Chamber" (a reference to the court of the same name employed by English monarchs to dispense summary justice in the 16th and ...
Lord Alli’s gifts included eyewear and work clothing worth £18,000 for the PM, clothes for his wife Lady Victoria Starmer, and a £10,000 donation to the PM’s chief of staff Sue Gray’s son ...
In October 2016, the Labour Party was fined £20,000 by the Electoral Commission for under-reporting of election expenses at national level, which at the time was the largest fine the commission had imposed since being founded in 2001. The Commission noted the party's co-operation in its investigation. [3]
Ms Lee, who donated up to £500,000 to Labour MP Barry Gardiner, rejected the accusation and claimed she was used as a “political football” to distract from the Partygate scandal.
Details of covertly recorded discussions with four Labour Party peers which their ability to influence legislation and the consultancy fees that they charged (including retainer payments of up to £120,000) were published by The Sunday Times. United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal (2009). Widespread actual and alleged misuse of the ...
The official opposition Labour Party has said the scandal is just the latest example of the Conservative Party’s pattern of cronyism, in reference to the way that lucrative government contracts ...