Summary: A Labour peer who funded tens of thousands of pounds worth of clothing for Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner has now been named in documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein. Lord Alli, central to Labour’s early Freebiegate scandal, appears in emails and guest lists revealed in US court filings. The revelations reopen serious questions about judgment, transparency and who Labour chose to keep close.

According to the Daily Express, Labour peer Waheed Alli, known as Lord Alli, is the same donor who gave Sir Keir Starmer more than £30,000 for designer suits and spectacles. Angela Rayner also admitted receiving around £3,550 from Lord Alli for work clothing.

The donations triggered one of the first major scandals of the Labour government, dubbed Freebiegate, forcing Starmer, Rayner and Chancellor Rachel Reeves to promise they would no longer accept clothing donations.

At the time, Labour insisted the matter was closed. It is now back in the spotlight for far darker reasons.

Epstein Files Drag Labour Back Into Controversy

Newly released documents from the US Department of Justice linked to Jeffrey Epstein include references to Lord Alli. The Mail on Sunday reports that his name appears on guest lists for dinners hosted by Epstein in New York in 2010.

Emails uncovered in the files also list Lord Alli alongside Peter Mandelson in Epstein’s personal contacts. In another alleged message from 2012, Epstein references Mandelson and a man understood to be Lord Alli staying on Shelter Island in the Hamptons.

It is not known whether Lord Alli attended the dinners. His lawyer has said he has never knowingly met or communicated with Epstein.

The story lands just as Labour faces mounting pressure over Peter Mandelson, who was appointed ambassador to the United States by Starmer despite warnings about his past connections to Epstein.

Emails referenced in the files place Mandelson and Lord Alli in the same circles around Epstein during the same period. Critics argue this raises serious questions about vetting, judgment and why Labour’s leadership keeps insisting these issues are irrelevant.

For a party that claims moral authority, the pattern is becoming hard to ignore.

The Elephant in the Room

This is not about guilt by association. It is about standards.

Labour’s leadership accepted expensive personal gifts from a man now named in documents linked to one of the most notorious criminals of modern times. They then appointed another figure named in those files to one of the most sensitive diplomatic roles Britain has.

Working people are expected to follow rules, declare everything and face consequences. Westminster elites keep telling the public to move on. The real question is why Labour keeps finding itself surrounded by the same names, the same donors and the same excuses.