Peer who gave gifts to Keir Starmer is said to have blocked ban on potential Elon Musk donations to Reform UK

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Labour reportedly dropped a plan to ban foreign political donations after an intervention from Waheed Alli, the Labour peer who paid for Keir Starmer’s clothes and glasses.

The plan would have scuppered any potential donations from the billionaire Elon Musk to Reform UK. It would have made it illegal to donate unless donors were registered to vote in the UK or via companies owned by people based in Britain.