Angela Rayner received £3,550 worth of clothing from Lord Alli
by Greg Heffer, Political Correspondent For Mailonline · Mail OnlineAngela Rayner has confirmed she also received clothes from the millionaire Labour donor at the centre of the party's 'freebies' row.
In the latest update to the MPs' register of interests, the Deputy Prime Minister detailed how she accepted 'work clothes' worth £3,550 from Lord Waheed Alli.
Ms Rayner previously only registered the gift in July as a 'donation in kind for undertaking parliamentary duties'.
But the update, published today, disclosed it was actually 'work clothes for use while undertaking my duties'.
Lord Alli's links to senior Labour MPs have come under close scrutiny since the party's general election win.
He also donated thousands of pounds' worth of suits and glasses to Sir Keir Starmer, and allowed Ms Rayner to stay in his plush New York apartment while on holiday.
The Labour peer even bankrolled a 40th birthday bash for Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson last year.
Lord Alli was given a sought-after Downing Street security pass shortly after the party's election win, despite seemingly not having a Government role.
His pass has since been handed back but Labour has continued to be dogged by a row over his donations, which has been dubbed as 'passes for glasses'.
In the wake of the controversy, the Prime Minister, Ms Rayner and Chancellor Rachel Reeves vowed to no longer accept donations of clothing.
It came after the Financial Times first reported that Ms Rayner's £3,550 donation from Lord Alli, received on 15 June and registered on 29 July, was for clothing.
The Deputy PM last month defended staying in Lord Alli's New York flat and denied having broken parliamentary rules.
She was reported to have stayed in the Labour peer's property with Sam Tarry, who was then Labour MP for Ilford South, last December.
Ms Rayner told the BBC: 'I don't believe I broke any rules. I had the use of the apartment and I disclosed that I had the use of the apartment.
'In fact, I think I was overly transparent because I think it was important despite it being a personal holiday because that person, as a friend, had already donated to me in the past for my deputy leadership.'
The Deputy PM said she did not believe she had broken any rules by not declaring Mr Tarry stayed in the flat.
'It says if you're on parliamentary business or if it's in connection with your parliamentary duties,' she said of the wording of the rules on declaring donations.
'That's how I understood it. It was a private holiday.'
Asked if Lord Alli had received anything from her in exchange for his donations, Rayner said: 'I promised nothing and gave him nothing in return.'
Ms Rayner declared the £3,550 donation from Lord Alli within the appropriate time limit.
As previously reported, she then sought futher advice from officials as to whether it would be appropriate to declare further information in relation to the gift.
Her register of interests has now been updated to reflect this.