Angela Rayner when being challenged about staying in a New York property owned by Lord Alli (he pops up again, wonder what favours he's going to ask for?).

"However, she said donations had been "a feature of our politics for a very long time", with all MPs accepting gifts.

She argued donations were necessary because of the expense of running for office but said it was important politicians were transparent about where they had come from."

I do see where she is coming from and I see a lot of benefits in all parties (?) getting a sum from the tax payer to cover electionering, and that should be the limit (no doubt issues with that?). The hypocrisy is laughable though.