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Victoria Starmer

  • Sanctimonious Starmer falls short of his own standards

    Opinion

    As Keir Starmer faces questions over a £5,000 donation towards his wife’s wardrobe, the Prime Minister is finding out that decency in public life isn’t an automatic function of not being a Tory, writes Alys Denby When Victoria Starmer entered Downing Street for the first time wearing a Me+Em dress in Labour rose red, the [...]

    Keir and Victoria Starmer on the steps of downing street
  • Donated clothes helped Starmer’s ‘look their best’, Lammy claims

    Politics

    Donated clothes given to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria were to help them “look their best” to represent the UK, David Lammy has argued. Speaking to the BBC, the foreign secretary said in countries like the US, leaders “have a huge budget paid for by the taxpayer so that they look [...]

    Donated clothes given to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria were to help them “look their best” to represent the UK, David Lammy has argued. Pictured, Keir and Victoria Starmer. Photo: PA

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