KEIR Starmer and the wider Labour Party have been widely condemned amid a row over free gifts from donors.
The Prime Minister himself was dubbed the “king of freebies” by SNP MP Kirsty Blackman after it was revealed that he declared more than £100,000 of free tickets and gifts during his time as Labour leader – far more than any other MP.
This included 40 sets of free tickets, mostly to football matches, but also £4000 of hospitality tickets at a Taylor Swift concert and £698 of Coldplay tickets.
He has faced particular criticism for the scale of gifts given to him by Lord Alli, who paid for work clothing worth £12k, accommodation valued at more than £20k and glasses valued at £2485.
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Starmer previously said his acceptance of hospitality is related to his security requirements of not being able to go in the stands.
“If I don’t accept a gift of hospitality, I can’t go to a game,” he said.
“You could say: ‘Well, bad luck.’ That’s why gifts have to be registered. But, you know, never going to an Arsenal game again because I can’t accept hospitality is pushing it a bit far.”
Check out our full interactive list of all of Starmer's freebies since 2019 below.
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