3 d. ago 'If I want to go to a gig I'll pay for it': Minister condemns Rachel Reeves over 'inappropriate' freebie tickets to Sabrina Carpenter gig as Chancellor confirms who picked up the tab

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said it was 'inappropriate' to take free tickets to gigs, insisting: 'If I want to go to a concert at the O2 I'll pay for it.'

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3 d. ago 'If I want to go to a gig I'll pay for it': Minister condemns Rachel Reeves over 'inappropriate' freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter at the O2

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said it was 'inappropriate' to take free tickets to gigs, insisting: 'If I want to go to a concert at the O2 I'll pay for it.'

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4 d. ago 'I've never taken any gig tickets': Rachel Reeves' fellow Cabinet minister brutally cuts her adrift over Sabrina Carpenter tickets...  amid mounting anger at Labour's freebie

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave the Chancellor less than full-hearted backing after she admitted accepting gig tickets worth £600.

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4 d. ago 'I've never taken any gig tickets': Cabinet minister brutally cuts Rachel Reeves adrift over Sabrina Carpenter freebie

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave the Chancellor less than full-hearted backing after she admitted accepting gig tickets worth £600.

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5 d. ago No austerity in No11! Rachel Reeves admits getting free £600 tickets to Sabrina Carpenter gig but blames 'security' issues

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said accepting the freebie at the O2 Arena for her and a 'family member' was the right thing to do'.

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5 d. ago Rachel Reeves blames 'security reasons' for taking free tickets to Sabrina Carpenter gig worth £600

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said accepting the freebie at the O2 Arena for her and a 'family member' was the right thing to do'.

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer faces backbench rebellion over ‘shortsighted’ cuts to aid budget

MPs ask ‘what will be left of Labour programme?’ amid calls for rethink and plan to speak out against decisionLabour MP Emily Darlington: ‘International aid is as vital as defence spending – cutting either undermines British security’Keir Starmer is facing a backbench revolt by Labour MPs this week as anger mounts over the government’s decision to cut the international development budget by almost half in order to pay for an increase in defence spending.The Labour chair of the all-party select committee on international development, Sarah Champion, who has already called on the government to rethink the decision, has secured a debate in the Commons on Wednesday at which dozens of Labour backbenchers are considering intervening to express their dismay. Continue reading...

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