Three weeks later, the long-term Labour donor Lord Alli picked up the keys to the latest of his many homes, a two-storey penthouse in London’s Covent Garden that cost him £18.35 million.

Lord Alli, 59, used to run a ... The most noteworthy was Sir Keir Starmer and his wife accepting £16,200 and £5,000 worth of clothing respectively, which was initially not properly declared.

Who is Lord Alli, the British Labour ... Starmer used the money to renew his wardrobe and that of his wife, to change his glasses and to house one of his children in central London.

Lord Alli has long been a Labour supporter and has become has one of the party's major financial backers, with donations stretching back nearly 20 years. Although he has been well known in ...