Lord Waheed Alli is facing a probe over 'alleged non-registration of interests', leading to a possible breach of the members' code of conduct.
The Labour peer at the centre of a row over donations to Sir Keir Starmer is under investigation by the Lords' standards watchdog. Lord Waheed Alli is facing a probe over 'alleged non-registration of interests', leading to a possible breach of the members' code of conduct.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Chancellor Rachel Reeves have also received donations used for purchasing clothes by the long-standing Labour peer, while Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson accepted £14,000 for work events around her 40th birthday. While these donations had been declared by those involved, Conservatives have accused ministers of being part of a 'government of self-service'.
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