MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality

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1. Fri, 21 August 2026

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     MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality

     MPs receive Harry Styles concert tickets worth £858, 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. Despite the outcry in 2024 over Keir Starmer accepting football tickets and gifts of clothing , MPs appear to have...