Labour's Steve Reed has defended his party amid allegations of election interference from US Republican candidate Donald Trump. Trump's campaign complained to the Federal Election Commission, saying the "illegal foreign assistance" is a "another feeble attempt in a long line of anti-American election interference" after a LinkedIn post from Labour's head of operations said nearly 100 staff members would be going to the US. Mr Reed said: "It's not unusual for supporters of a party in one country to campaign for a sister party in another country." The environment secretary insisted "none of this was organised or funded by the Labour party." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well it's up to private individuals to choose what they do with their money and their time.
00:04It's not unusual for supporters of a party in one country to campaign for a sister party in
00:10another country. It happens both way around as it has done this time but none of this was organised
00:15or funded by the Labour Party and that's quite common. What's really important is that the
00:21Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the President of the United States, whoever that
00:25might be, maintain a very strong relationship because of the special relationship that exists
00:31between the UK and the US that goes beyond any individual. Now Keir Starmer has had meetings
00:36with President Biden, he's also met with Donald Trump and had very constructive and respectful
00:42conversations with him. I fully expect whoever the American people elect as their President
00:47in November will have a strong relationship with our Prime Minister and our government
00:52as you would expect.