'No more austerity' and 'Sir Shameless at it again'

Sir Keir Starmer, wearing a dark suit, smiles next to Angela Rayner, dressed in white, as the two arrive in Liverpool ahead of Labour's Party conference. Against the backdrop of the two are Labour supporters who are smiling, applauding, cheering and holding up red Labor signs.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner arrive ahead of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool [PA Media]

Images of Sir Keir Starmer feature on several of Sunday morning's front pages as Labour prepares to hold its first conference in government for 15 years amid reports of infighting at Downing Street and a row over political donations.

The Sunday Telegraph has spoken to an unnamed senior Whitehall source who claims the Prime Minister has four weeks to prove his government is not "fundamentally dysfunctional".

The Sunday Express says allies of Sir Keir have urged him to sack his chief-of-staff, Sue Gray, to end what it calls the "turf war" raging in Number Ten.

With the headline, "Sir Shameless Is At It Again!", the Mail on Sunday says the prime minister enjoyed free corporate hospitality at Tottenham's Premier League game last weekend against Arsenal - just hours after allegations emerged about clothes he and his wife had accepted from the Labour donor, Lord Alli.

Sir Keir Starmer and his wife smiling amongst staff inside Downing Street
The PM became embroiled in a freebies row after it emerged he and his wife had accepted free clothing from the Labour donor, Lord Alli. [Reuters]

The Sunday Times claims the deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, may have breached parliamentary rules by failing to declare that a friend joined her on a "personal holiday" funded by Lord Alli. She declined to comment when approached by the Times.

Writing in the Sun on Sunday, former Labour minister Lord Blunkett warns "perception is everything in politics". He goes on to say the prime minister is "at serious risk of being far too funereal" -- and calls on him to "weave a compelling story about a better Britain under Labour".

In an interview with the Observer Sir Keir says the central purpose of his conference speech will be "to answer that very question". The paper says the PM also had a reassuring message for those who fear deep cuts to government spending - insisting he will protect public services from fresh austerity.

Elsewhere, the Sunday People claims bosses at Britain's biggest cancer charity are reviewing their relationship with Mohamed Al Fayed's foundation, after numerous sexual assault allegations were made against the late billionaire.

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