Lord Alli loaned Labour MP £1.2m to buy a house with her sister so his 'best friend' could be comfortable as she died from a brain tumour By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 07:09 EDT, 26 September 2024 | Updated: 07:30 EDT, 26 September 2024 e-mail View comments Lord Alli loaned a Labour MP £1.2million to buy a house so his 'best friend' could be comfortable as she died from a brain tumour.
The peer made the interest-free loan to Siobhain McDonagh to purchase the accommodation with her terminally ill sister Margaret - a Baroness and former Labour general secretary. The donation registered in March last year stated that the sisters needed to move 'to provide the family member with complete ground floor access'. It was intended to be repaid on the sale of the home.
Lady McDonagh died in June last year, aged 61. Gifts from Lord Alli have come under renewed scrutiny since it emerged he handed Keir Starmer funds to buy clothes and spectacles. The millionaire entrepreneur - who has been a member of the Lords since 1998 - also provided the leader with use of his luxury penthouse in Covent Garden during the election campaign.
Lord Waheed Alli gave an interest-free loan to Siobhain McDonagh to purchase accommodation with her sister Margaret - a Baroness and former Labour general secretary Lady Margaret McDonagh died from a brain tumour in June last year, aged 61 Dame Siobhan, Mitcham and Morden MP, posted on the X social media site last night after the lo.
