Keir Starmer was questioned on the timing of his repayment of £6,000 worth of gifts.Source: Reuters
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00:00Prime Minister, you've decided to repay £6,000 worth of gifts. Why now? Why those gifts and
00:07not all of them? Have you decided it was wrong to take them, or did you come under pressure?
00:12Well, on the question of the discussions I've had this afternoon with the President, with
00:16Ursula, tone does matter. Resetting does matter. And that has been a very important part of
00:24the message that I have carried into the meeting today. A return to pragmatism, to doing business
00:33in a respectful way, and in a way which I think will focus on deliverables rather than
00:41charging to the nearest camera to use a megaphone. So that does matter. In terms of the details
00:48of the challenges, look, of course there'll be challenges along the way, but this was
00:52about a good faith step forward to constructive deliverables, which I think are achievable.
01:01The nature of the discussion wasn't in the sort of individual items. It was much more
01:06sort of setting the framework for the summits that will follow. In relation to your second
01:11question, look, we came in as a government of change. We are now going to bring forward
01:18principles for donations, because until now, politicians have used their best individual
01:24judgment on a case-by-case basis. I think we need some principles of general application.
01:30So I took the decision that until the principles are in place, it was right for me to make
01:34those repayments. Thank you.