MP quits Labour over party 'sleaze'

A LABOUR MP quit the party last night with a devastating attack on the freebie scandal engulfing Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet.

- Jonathan Walker and David Williamson

Rising star Rosie Duffield accused the Prime Minister of presiding over "sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice". She tore into her boss for accepting gifts worth more than £100,000 from Labour peer Lord Alli.

In a blistering resignation letter to Sir Keir, the Canterbury MP accused him of "cruel and unnecessary" policies.

She wrote: "I am so ashamed of what you and your inner circle have done to tarnish and humiliate our once-proud party."

Ms Duffield condemned Sir Keir for means-testing winter fuel payments and keeping the two-child benefit cap "while inexplicably accepting expensive personal gifts of designer suits and glasses costing more than most of those people can grasp - this is entirely unbecoming of holding the title of Prime Minister".

The former Labour whip said: "The revelations of hypocrisy have been staggering and increasingly outrageous. I cannot put into words how angry I and my colleagues are at your total lack of understanding about how you have made us all appear."