Keir Starmer is facing his first proper media scandal after it emerged that he'd received more than £100,000 in gifts since the end of 2019.
Thousands of pounds of designer clothes, football tickets and the temporary use of an £18m penthouse from regular donor, Labour peer and media entrepreneur Lord Alli, were among the freebies given to the prime minister and his wife.
In the spirit of transparency, I should reveal that I once received a free fact-checking t-shirt from a conference, that is occasionally worn while doing DIY.
Glad to get that off my chest. I hope you can forgive me.
Yours,
Paul
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A row has erupted between tenants and management over living conditions on the island of Ulva following the biggest community land buyout of recent years.
Some residents of the island, off the west coast of the island of Mull, have been left with filthy brown water. They also claim island assets such as a Thomas Telford-designed church have been neglected and communications with the ownership company have broken down.
The 5,000-acre island, which has 16 residents, was bought from its private landlord in 2018, with a grant of £4.4m from the Scottish Government’s Land Fund. At that time, rented houses were rotting and the population had almost disappeared.
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