Starmer will stop accepting clothes to show solidarity with public, says Nandy

Culture secretary says PM and others will stop accepting gifted clothes as they don't want voters to believe they are living very different lives'

The prime minister and Labour ministers will stop accepting clothing donations because they don't want voters to believe they are living very different lives" to people who are really struggling" in the country, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said.

Speaking before the opening of the Labour conference tomorrow, Nandy told the BBC the government wants to demonstrate that its priorities are the country's priorities", after it emerged Keir Starmer, his wife Victoria, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner have all decided to stop accepting free gifts of clothes from Labour party donors.