At the right time and how much money is being paid to one of those special advisers, Sue Gray. It is not the backdrop that would have been wanted for this conference. Mi that would have been wanted for this conference. This conference. All of the questions. This conference. All of the questions, the this conference. All of the questions, the criticism i this conference. All of the i questions, the Criticism And Concern over freebies and donations, and ministers in the Tv Studios and newspapers, and the first couple of days of the conference itself, having to field questions about that, questions about hospitality and gifts and donations, and as you say, there have been those briefings about Sue Gray the chief of staff to the Prime Minister, about her salary, and both supporters and detractors of Sue Gray have had a bit of a row at the top of number ten playing out in public, so i think the parties have been keen to grab the narrative and put it firmly back on the turf they want to be t
For 15 years. The Labour Party is holding its first annual conference since its landslide general Election Win in liverpool. Despite delegates celebrating the partys electoral success, ministers will be urging Party Members to prepare for more tough decisions in next months budget. It come after Downing Street said that the prime minster, his deputy and the chancellor will no longer accept any donations for clothing following Growing Criticism over gifts from party donors. Our political correspondent Iain Watson has this report. Labour returns to liverpool for its annual conference, but with one big difference. Last year they were in opposition, and now they are in government after a landslide Election Win. Delegates will want to celebrate but they will hear sobering messages from ministers. They will be told the foundations of the economy needs to be fixed, and that means more difficult decisions lie ahead. And if that hasnt made the bubbly go flat, what about this from labour togethe
Now on Bbc News, newscast. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its patty in the studio. And its laura in the newsroom in lovely liverpool. Why are you there, he asks . I am here because the Labour Party Conference isjust getting going, which should be for the Labour Party, newly into government after 1a years in the wilderness, a massive Victory Lap with lots of Hugging And Cheering and being genuinely delighted about being in government. However, they have had a very, very difficult week and there are lots of people really worried and wondering what, my goodness, is going on. Could we say that there wasnt really a honeymoon and that actually theyre gathering in conference with the main message being distracted from by some unforced errors . We can absolutely say that without doubt. We can say that labour has ended up with a messy problem about donations to them. About donations to them of freebies of clothes, of Football Tickets, of all sorts of ot
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