Victoria Starmer wears £1,100 dress for Keir's Labour conference speech amid freebies row

Sir Keir Starmer's wife Victoria Starmer has been pictured wearing a £1,105 dress as she joined her Prime Minister husband for the Labour Party conference.

Victoria Starmer opted for the red Edeline Lee designer dress as she arrived alongside her husband for his first Labour Party conference speech as Prime Minister.

The price tag of Lady Starmer's outfit is likely to raise eyebrows among critics in the wake of news Sir Keir and members of the Government, including Chancellor Rachel Reeves, have accepted donations towards items of clothes.

The description of the Echo Dress says: "The Echo Dress features a small collar, front button placket, pleated A line skirt and a contrast double buckle belt at waist.

"The Echo Dress is hand-crafted in England from a mid-weight smooth textured Georgette Champion woven in Italy."

However, it seems that Mrs Starmer may be amongst the lucky few who had managed to get their hands on the dress early as the descirption says the piece is "part of our newest collection, available to preorder" and that "delivery will be in February 2025."

Canadian-British, London-based Edeline graduated from Central Saint Martins and launched the label in 2014. She is known for her immersive and performative shows at London Fashion Week.

The brand's website exaplains: "The designer states that she designs with her concept of the Future Lady in mind."

The first time Mrs Starmer was spotted in public for the first time since a sleaze scandal surrounding freebies emerged was at a London fashion show.

Brazenly ignoring the criticism that Sir Keir failed to declare the £5,000 clobber freebie from Labour donor Lord Alli, Victoria Starmer flaunted a high-end custom-made dress at the London Fashion Week address.

She sat in the front row of the catwalk, wearing a navy blue jacket, spotty dress and sunglasses.

Lord Alli, who is also Sir Keir's biggest personal donor, has already faced down one cronyism row since Labour's election victory, after it emerged he had been given a Downing Street security pass.

According to The Sunday Times, who broke the story, Mrs Starmer received thousands in free designer clothes from the rich benefactor, as well as having a personal shopper paid for her.

While Sir Keir has promised an end to sleaze, and insisted transparency is "very important" to him, numerous critics have now piled on following allegations of hypocrisy.