Starmer accepted £76k worth of gifts including tickets to 20 football matches
The TelegraphSir Keir has said freebies he has accepted have been “properly” declared. “Quite a lot of that was Arsenal hospitality, particularly away games where, as you can appreciate, my desire to go in the stands is not always met with approval by the security teams around me, which inevitably means that I’m in corporate hospitality if I want to see the game.” The most recent register of interests shows that Sir Keir accepted freebies including a private box for four at Epsom Downs racecourse worth £3,716 in June 2023 and £16,200 of work clothing from Labour peer and entrepreneur Lord Waheed Ali in April. MPs must declare any gifts, benefits or hospitality with a value of over £300 which they receive from a UK source to the register of interests, which is updated fortnightly while Parliament is sitting. In 2022, Sir Keir was found to have breached the MPs’ code of conduct in a “minor and/or inadvertent” way after he failed to register eight interests on time. He also declared four tickets for Arsenal versus Watford on March 6 2022, two months after the game, and declared tickets for his staff for the British Kebab Awards once the deadline had passed.
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Diane Abbott accuses Starmer of being ‘in pocket of millionaires’ as minister defends PM
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Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves WON'T accept gifts for clothing or glasses in future as Labour scrambles to quell row over freebies before party conference
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Give Starmer a break – who cares if he gets free Arsenal tickets? (I don’t…)
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Keir Starmer warned to back or sack Sue Gray row as use of Arsenal box donation revealed
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Keir Starmer dodges fresh questions about why he doesn't buy his own suits and claims sitting in a posh box at Arsenal SAVES money for taxpayers as the PM is challenged about being Parliament's 'king
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Hypocrisy row: UK PM Keir Starmer slammed for taking freebies, gifts worth over £100,000
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‘No problem here’ insists Starmer, as standards watchdog opens investigation
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Keir Starmer investigated for not declaring Premier League tickets on time
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