‘I don’t think it’s appropriate,’ housing minister says of accepting free tickets
Matthew Pennycook makes apparent criticism of Rachel Reeves 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...

Matthew Pennycook makes apparent criticism of Rachel Reeves but adds it is ‘decision for individual MPs’
Accepting 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...