Sir Keir Starmer was last night under mounting pressure to reveal if he or his powerful aide Sue Gray approved a controversial Downing Street security pass for a major Labour donor.
There were calls for an inquiry into Labour cronyism as No 10 refused to say who signed off the highly unusual arrangement for Lord Alli. He gave the Prime Minister almost £20,000 for new clothes and spectacles among £500,000 of donations to the party over the years, to be given unfettered access to the heart of government.
But there is growing suspicion that it may have been authorised by chief of staff Ms Gray, who is known to be close to the millionaire TV mogul and whose MP son received a £10,000 donation from him towards his election campaign.
Sir Keir will face his first questions about the cronyism scandal engulfing his new Government when he gives a keynote speech today.
The Tories are demanding a probe into how former Asos chairman and media mogul Lord Alli received a Downing…