£18,000 on suits and specs for Keir Starmer, £1,250 on Angela Rayner trip to New York and £10,000 for Sue Gray's MP son: Labour 'passes for glasses' row over millionaire donor's 'unrestricted' access to No10 sparks Tory demand for probe By David Wilcock, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline and Martin Beckford, Policy Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 08:21, 26 August 2024 | Updated: 08:45, 26 August 2024 e-mail View comments Sir Keir Starmer is mired in the first major sleaze row of his premiership today as he faces questions about why a millionaire party donor who coughed up £16,000 to update his wardrobe was given unrestricted access to No10. The Tories are demanding a probe into how former Asos chairman and media mogul Lord Alli received a Downing Street security pass after the general election in July. The pass - which Labour says was temporary and has since lapsed - was granted after the peer bankrolled Sir Keir, his top team and associates in the months before the vote returned the party to power for the first time in 14 years.
The highly unusual move meant the millionaire TV mogul, who was hired by Sir Keir as the party's chief fundraiser , could attend political meetings in No 10 and is said to have helped organise a Downing Street garden party to thank others who bankrolled the campaign. As well as a five-figure donation towards the leader's 'work attire' - branded 'unremarkable' by one fashion expert - the 59-year-old also paid for his glasses and accommod.