A cabinet minister cut Rachel Reeves on brutex language on drift over her Sabrina Carpenter Freebie today.
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander gave the Chancellor less than a sharp support after she admitted that she had accepted gig tickets worth £ 600.
Touring -Uitzendstudios This morning Mrs. Alexander said that she was' nothing further to add 'to Mrs. Reeves' explanation that she needed the advantage of' security reasons'.
Asked on Times Radio if the Freebie “felt good,” said Mrs. Alexander: “I have not taken tickets to be honest since I was chosen as a new parliamentary member and went directly to the Ministry of Justice and then comes directly to the Department for Transport.
“Unfortunately, I have not seen any more concerts for the past nine months, partly because I was very busy.”
Press if she would ever take tickets, Mrs. Alexander said: “As a parliamentary parliament, I never accepted tickets for concerts or something similar.”
The revelation of the concert tickets came when Mrs. Reeves confirmed that she will lower Whitehall's operating costs by 15 percent, which could lead to the loss of 10,000 jobs in the officials.
It threatens to bring the anger that broke out last year, when it came out when the Prime Minister and his cabinet enjoyed lush Freebies, including clothing and concert tickets.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that accepting the Freebie in the O2arena for her and a 'family member' was the right thing to do '
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander gave the Chancellor less than a sharp support this morning after she admitted that she accepted gig tickets worth £ 600
Last year Mrs. Reeves was forced to promise not to accept clothing as Chancellor after it was revealed that she had taken £ 7,500 for outfits while she was in opposition.
Sir Keir Starmer, who received £ 32,000 for clothing from Labor Donor Lord Alli, had to pay back thousands of pounds in gifts, including tickets to see Taylor Swift.
Mrs Reeves defended yesterday to take the VIP tickets on the O2 in London on the grounds of security and claimed that she could not sit with other fans because she needs close protection as a senior minister.
“I now have safety, which means that it is not as easy as it would have been in the past to just be in a concert, although that would probably be a lot easier for everyone,” Mrs. Reeves told the BBC.
Asked if she paid for the tickets, she replied: “Of course I will explain the value of it, but they were not tickets you could buy.”
However, she was confronted with a recoil – including from her own party – at a time when she is also accused of heralding a new era of spending cuts to balance the books.
Mrs. Reeves accepted free tickets to watch pop star Sabrina Carpenter – who opened for Taylor Swift in the US Leg of the Eras Tour – in a business cabinet
The box that MS Reeves uses for the performance earlier this month is assumed to AEG, which also has the long -term lease for the O2 Arena (photo)
Mish Rahman, a member of the ruling National Executive Committee of Labor until last year, called the Chancellor 'Scrounger Reeves' and asked how she could justify her free tickets while reaching her tax rules 'the most vulnerable'.
The harmful row broke out at the start of a crucial week for Mrs. Reeves – recently voted the least popular cabinet member in a survey among members of the Labor Party – while preparing for her spring statement on Wednesday.
The Tories called an 'emergency budget' will see the Chancellor's response to a new economic prediction by the office for budget responsibility Waakhond, which is expected to halve his growth projection for the coming year.
Labor MP Rachael Maskell told the mail that it was 'indefensible' that Mrs. Reeves – who is paid around £ 160,000 a year – accepted the free tickets.
She said: “Those who live in poverty will rightly question themselves, while they have trouble making ends meet, why those who cut their lifeline are in the reception of hand -outs. In order not to recognize inequality in this, the core of the problem is. '
Labor Peer Lord Sikka added: 'Cleaning British politics is a necessary condition for building a good society. This requires criminalization of receiving and giving all political donations in any form. '
Shadow Cabinet Mike Wood Minister said: 'It is shocking that Rachel Reeves partyed during a POP concert in a VIP box, because families throughout the country have the consequences of her economically illiterate decisions.
'Keir Starmer told the country that the addiction of his government was over to Freebies, and now his Chancellor has to defend to take another Freebie.
“Reeves should concentrate on undoing the damage she caused to the economy prior to her emergency budget instead of living in a VIP box.”
Mrs. Reeves denied that her proposed cuts on the civil service represented a return to cutbacks.
But public and commercial services Union General Secretary Fran Heathcote warned: 'After 15 years of under-financing, cuts have an impact on Front-Line services. You can't go to growth. '
And Dave Penman of the FDA, who represents senior mandarins, said that an increased use of technology such as artificial intelligence would “not provide the kind of savings that is cut here '.
Sir Keir was also a whole series of top politicians to receive free tickets and hospitality for the performances of Taylor Swift in London last summer.
He later paid back more than £ 6,000 in gifts and promised – together with deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Mrs. Reeves – not to accept any further donations for clothing.
Asked about the Sabrina Carpenter concert on the BBCs on Sunday with Laura Kuensberg program, said Reeves – who earns around £ 160,000 as Chancellor – said: “I went with a member of my family to see a concert a few weeks ago.
PM Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria attended a Taylor Swift performance last June at Wembley Stadium
'I now have safety, which means that it is not as easy as it would have been in the past to just be in a concert, although that would probably be a lot easier for everyone.
'So look, I took those tickets to go with a member of my family. I thought that was the right thing to do from a security perspective. '
The Chancellor added: 'These were not tickets for which you could pay, so there was no price for those tickets.
“Of course I will explain the value of it, but they were not tickets you could buy.”
It is, however, understood that the indicated value of the hospitality will be around £ 600, although comparable tickets for the occurrence of hand would be for higher prices.
It has been claimed that Mrs. Reeves received security advice that she could not attend the performance in the general access areas of the location.
Sir Keir is based on Box Tickets for Arsenal -Football matches After he has been told that he cannot be in the stands with regular fans due to security problems.
The PM has long been a seasonal card holder at the North London Club.
