Dear oh dear. Rachel Reeves has found herself in yet another spot of bother, as it transpires that the Chancellor is under investigation for a late declaration of theatre tickets. The Labour politician is being probed by Westminster’s standards watchdog for belatedly declaring two sets of gifted tickets from the National Theatre after the freebies from last year were only registered last month. How very interesting…
Reeves was given free tickets to a December showing of Ballet Shoes last year, worth £276, as well as freebies worth £266 to Nye – about the founder of the NHS – in March 2024. Yet despite MP guidance stating that politicians must declare any hospitality within 28 days of receiving it, Reeves took much longer to record her freebies. As reported by the Times, it is understood that the Chancellor did declare the tickets earlier to a ministerial interest register, however an administrative error meant that the gifts were not declared on the parliamentary register.
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