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The Guardian // Politics

Not appropriate to take free tickets, says minister in veiled criticism of Reeves

Tuesday 25th March 2025, 2:16PM

Matthew Pennycook makes apparent dig at chancellor’s concert freebie but adds it is ‘decision for individual MPs’UK politics live – latest updatesAccepting free concert tickets is “not appropriate”, the housing minister has said, in an apparent criticism of the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, who received tickets to watch Sabrina Carpenter.Matthew Pennycook, the MP for Greenwich and Woolwich, whose constituency includes the O2 Arena, said he had accepted “zero” free tickets. Asked about Reeves’s decision to accept tickets to see the Espresso pop star, he said: “I think that’s a decision for individual MPs.” Continue reading...

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