Taxpayer-funded clothing for world leaders

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Who pays for the clothing of world leaders and their spouses?

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David Lammy said Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Lady Victoria accepted donations.

Foreign secretary suggested other countries have generous taxpayer-funded clothing budgets.

But the US first lady does not have access to a specific clothing budget.

US presidents have an expenses budget of some $50,000 ( 38,000 ), which can be used to purchase clothing and other items.

This year it was revealed that his office reserved a business class seat on a flight from Paris to Brazil solely to transport two of his suits, at a cost of nearly 4,000 ( 3,380 ) In Germany , ministers were criticised for spending 450,000 on hairdressers, makeup artists and photographers in the first six months of 2023 .

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