Exclusive: Ministers are concerned that comparisons are now being drawn between Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson as the row over gifts erupts

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

Diane Abbott has dropped another bombshell as Sir Keir Starmer seeks to end the Labour donations row ahead of the party's conference in Liverpool.

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.