Rachel Reeves has been urged to “come clean” after it emerged she accepted theatre tickets worth almost £300 over Christmas.
The Chancellor, who earns almost £150,000 per year, accepted £276-valued tickets for Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and an adaptation of Neil Streatfield’s Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre on December 27.
It comes just days after it emerged Reeves had accepted free tickets to watch Sabrina Carpenter perform at the O2 arena earlier this month.
She is said to have sat in a corporate box to watch the gig at the O2 arena, where some resale tickets cost almost £1,000.
A Conservative source told the Mail: “Reeves needs to come clean and reveal how she came to get these freebies.
“She seems to be more focused on jollies than fixing the mistakes of her budget. It’s no wonder she needs an emergency Budget.
“It’s a slap in the face to working people that she doesn’t seem fussed the economy is tanking, business confidence is shot and taxes are at record highs. It shows just how out of touch she is.”
GB News has approached Rachel Reeves for comment.
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Home Office to cut ties with major asylum hotel provider over ‘performance concerns’
The Home Office is cutting ties with one of the largest providers of asylum hotels in Britain over “performance concerns”.
Stay Belvedere Hotels (SBHL) is responsible for providing around 51 hotels, around a quarter of asylum accommodation.
The accommodation chain also has responsibility for running Napier Barracks, a Kent facility housing people waiting for asylum decisions. It is due to close in September.
But a new audit by the Home Office has uncovered unspecified concerns about SBHL’s performance as a government supplier…
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Reform UK donor Charlie Mullins ‘was threatened with having his OBE REVOKED’ for online attack on Sadiq Khan
Reform UK donor Charlie Mullins was threatened with being stripped of his OBE after threatening Sadiq Khan on social media
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Reform UK donor Charlie Mullins was threatened with being stripped of his OBE after threatening Sadiq Khan on social media.
The Honours Forfeiture Committee accused Mullins of “bringing the honours system into disrepute” through a string of remarks dating back to 2022 – and said it was “minded to recommend to His Majesty that your OBE be revoked”.
Lawyers acting for Mullins had backed his case – and had pledged he would undertake “gender sensitivity and diversity training” – and he was told last week no action would be taken.
However, he was warned he could face further investigation “should any future behaviour make that necessary”.
Now, the Pimlico Plumbers founder has blamed Labour for the “politically motivated threat”.
He told The Telegraph: “It’s definitely politically motivated. I’m being victimised because I left the UK and said I’m not playing the game with them any more.
“I’ve also made a big noise that they’re driving billionaires and millionaires, hard-working people, out of the country. So I’ve made quite a big noise about what I genuinely believe to be the truth.
“Anybody that speaks up against them they want to destroy, and that’s what they’re doing here with me. They think that because I’ve opened my mouth and spoke the truth, they think they’re going to shut me up. Well they ain’t.”
The committee considers cases when the holder of an honour is said to have brought the honours system into disrepute – while recommendations for forfeiture are submitted to the King via the Prime Minister.
The Cabinet Office declined to comment when approached by GB News.
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