PM accepted £20,000 so his boy could study

Surely Keir Starmer would have forseen this and made arrangements accordingly.
I think it would be easy enough to rent a place away from the madding crowd.

I agree with silverlining48 no such thing as a free lunch.

maddyfour

It was nonetheless a free gift.
A gift that wouldn’t have been available to me or you unless we paid £20,000.
Labour are against independent schools but accept gifts valued at roughly the same value as many independent schools charge (for an entire year’s study) in order to give their child an advantage many other children don’t have.

Ridiculous comment!

I have plenty of friends who would be more than willing to put up my children in similar circs.

It’s simply not relevant at all.

We have stayed at friends houses for whatever reason as they have ours. No money changes hands.
I heard the interview on Today this morning. It was explained and I felt we all surely accept that a parent wouldn’t want their young children hounded by the press as they come and go from home, especially during exam time.
It must be handy to have wealthy friends like Mr Alli.
Trouble is after so much generosity one wonders what Mr Alli might want in return, after all, theres no such thing as a free lunch.

maddyfour

It was nonetheless a free gift.
A gift that wouldn’t have been available to me or you unless we paid £20,000.
Labour are against independent schools but accept gifts valued at roughly the same value as many independent schools charge (for an entire year’s study) in order to give their child an advantage many other children don’t have.

One has to assume that other children preparing for GCSE do not have to deal with the disadvantage of disruption from journalists targeting a private family home.
How anyone can think such behaviour by the press is acceptable, is beyond me.

It was nonetheless a free gift.
A gift that wouldn’t have been available to me or you unless we paid £20,000.
Labour are against independent schools but accept gifts valued at roughly the same value as many independent schools charge (for an entire year’s study) in order to give their child an advantage many other children don’t have.

"PM accepted £20,000 so his boy could study" totally incorrect
The PM actually accepted free use of accommodation to ensure the privacy of his children during the election. The accommodation was estimated to have cost £20,000 if it had been necessary to have paid for it.

They do seem to be "bessie mates" dont they?

Again…

When he declared it - which he did - the value was estimated.

Money didn’t change hands.

Oh, according to the link given, it was the dear Lord Alli again.
Something very suspect about him I think.

I just heard something about this today, for the first time.
Clearly something happened, but precisely what, it’s difficult to say. It appears money changed hands, but from who to who is unclear. If it was a simple matter of moving to a different house, then money wouldn’t be involved, unless of course, it was a rental.
I guess we’ll find out more soon.

I don’t see an issue with it.

I think this is a non-story.
He moved from his house to the "loan" of someone else's so his son could revise, leave the house, and get to school in peace.

The journalists made this too difficult at their own home.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/keir-starmer-prime-minister-gcses-mps-government-b2618505.html

www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-donation-son-gcse-housing-acoommodation-prime-minister-b1183972.html

Sounds very odd. Wonder if this hasn’t been squewed in some way. Can understand the need for no distractions but can’t believe the PM was actually handed £20,000 to pay for this. Sounds like another distraction cooked up for the Labour conference.

When he declared it - which he did - the value was estimated.

It was said on Today that he and family had to move into Lord Alli's 'accommodation' so that his son could study for his examinations. No price was mentioned.