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Keir Starmer Defends Clothing Gifts

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“UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended his handling of gifts from a key Labour donor as he sought to take the edge off a controversy that has cast a shadow over his early period in office,” Bloomberg reports.

“Starmer faces a potential parliamentary investigation after the Sunday Times reported he initially failed to declare that Waheed Ali, a member of the House of Lords, paid for a personal shopper, designer garments and alterations for his wife, Victoria.”

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