Exclusive: Ministers are concerned that comparisons are now being drawn between Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson as the row over gifts erupts

Diane Abbott has suggested Sir Keir Starmer is “in the pocket of millionaires” after the prime minister was criticised for accepting gifts from party donors. The Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington took to Twitter to call out her party leader for accepting gifts from peer and wealthy donor Waheed Alli.

Diane Abbott has dropped another bombshell as Sir Keir Starmer seeks to end the Labour donations row ahead of the party's conference in Liverpool.

Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is “in the pocket of millionaires”, Diane Abbott has said on the eve of the party’s annual conference in Liverpool. Ms Abbott, the veteran Left-winger, criticised the Prime Minister after a row over him accepting thousands of pounds for clothes from Lord Alli,

Diane Abbott has slammed Sir Keir Starmer as the backbencher claims the Prime Minister is "in the pocket of millionaires". Speaking ahead of Labour's annual conference in Liverpool, Abbott condemned Starmer following a dispute over his acceptance of thousands of pounds worth of clothing from Lord Alli,

Labour MP Diane Abbott has accused Sir Keir Starmer of treating her as a "non-person", during the fallout after a Tory donor made racist comments about her. Abbott said the comments by technology tycoon Frank Hester made her feel in danger - and she had expected "more support" from her party.

Diane Abbott has accused Keir Starmer of treating her like “a non-person” during the row over a Tory donor saying she “should be shot”. Britain’s first black female MP received an outpouring of sympathy when Frank Hester’s comments emerged earlier this year.