Diane Abbott has suggested Sir Keir Starmer is “in the pocket of millionaires” after the prime minister was criticised for accepting gifts from party donors. The Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington took to Twitter to call out her party leader for accepting gifts from peer and wealthy donor Waheed Alli.

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Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is “in the pocket of millionaires”, Diane Abbott has said on the eve of the party’s annual conference in Liverpool. Ms Abbott, the veteran Left-winger, criticised the Prime Minister after a row over him accepting thousands of pounds for clothes from Lord Alli,

Twelve months ago, in Liverpool, Sir Keir Starmer gave his final conference speech as the leader of the opposition.