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MPs receive £858 Harry Styles concert ticket, Chelsea flower show tickets worth £1,839 and £3,432 of hospitality at Brit awardsMPs have been accused of failing to learn their lesson over freebies after taking almost £400,000 of hospitality to concerts, sport matches and other events this year, with Louise Haigh, Lucy Powell and Wes Streeting among those accepting tickets. Despite the…
Published August 21, 2026 · Category: News
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MPs receive £858 Harry Styles concert ticket, Chelsea flower show tickets worth £1,839 and £3,432 of hospitality at Brit awards
MPs have been accused of failing to learn their lesson over freebies after taking almost £400,000 of hospitality to concerts, sport matches and other events this year, with Louise Haigh, Lucy Powell and Wes Streeting among those accepting tickets.
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Despite the previous outcry in 2024 over Keir Starmer accepting football tickets and gifts of clothing, MPs appear to have been declaring hospitality since the start of the year on a greater scale than previously seen.
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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.
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MPs receive £858 Harry Styles concert ticket, Chelsea flower show tickets worth £1,839 and £3,432 of hospitality at Brit awardsMPs have been accused of failing to learn their lesson over freebies after taking almost £400,000 of hospitality to concerts, sport matches and other events this year, with Louise Haigh, Lucy Powell and Wes Streeting among those accepting tickets.Despite the previous outcry in 2024 over Keir Starmer accepting football tickets and gifts of clothing, MPs appear to have bee
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