Keir Starmer Raises Eyebrows as ‘Wardrobegate’ Puts a Crease Across Labor’s Working Man Image

A sharp-dressed man (or woman) is great — but for politicians, paying for your own clothes is probably better.

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Lady Victoria Starmer (left, in polka dot dress) attends the Edeline Lee show during London Fashion Week September 2024 on September 16, 2024. Getty Images

Is there enough closet space at 10 Downing Street? Though the question may seem irrelevant, it may be germane to a budding scandal over a stream of pricey clothes and accessories gifted to Prime Minister Starmer and his wife by a prominent Labor party donor and life peer, Baron Waheed Alli. Complicating matters is that Lord Alli is a member of the House of Lords.

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