Cabinet minister Pat McFadden said he did not think ‘he’s got the pass anymore’
Pat McFadden, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, insisted that it wasn’t “unusual” that Lord Waheed Alli, a Labour peer and millionaire TV producer, was given a security pass.
Lord Alli has also made donations to Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. No 10 did not confirm to the paper why he needed the pass or what role it was supposed to help him fulfil, and there is no suggestion that Lord Alli has broken any rules. “I don’t think he’s got the pass anymore. He may have needed it for a short time in that period immediately after the election, but he won’t have been involved in government or policy decisions,” he continued.also reported that former banker Ian Corfield stepped down from a Treasury role after it was revealed he had given £20,000 to Labour MPs.
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