Rachel Reeves suffered a blow yesterday when a cabinet colleague could not support her about her expensive Freebies.
The Chancellor was cut on drift by transport secretary Heidi Alexander, who said she had never taken free tickets since she became a member of parliament and was too busy to work to attend concerts.
Mrs. Reeves led furiously during the weekend by admitting that she had accepted £ 600 seats in a VIP box to attend a Sabrina Carpenter concert in the O2 Arena in London while preparing himself for the creation of billions of public spending.
It can also be revealed that this month, as well as to a pop concert with a family member, she accepted a theaterfreebie during the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. Reeves, who paid £ 67.505 as a chancellor on top of the salary of her £ 91.346 MP, announced on 27 December that tickets worth £ 276 for the National Theater on South Bank in London.
Showing that day was the comedy of Oscar Wilde, the importance of being serious and an adaptation of classic children's ball shoes for children.
Yesterday asked if the Chancellor's decision felt good, Alexander replied: 'I did not take tickets to be honest since I was chosen as a new parliamentary member in July and went directly to the Ministry of Justice and then came directly to the Department for Transport.
“Unfortunately, I have not seen any more concerts for the past nine months, partly because I have been very, very busy.”
Asked if she would take tickets, Mrs. Alexander Times Radio said: “As a member of parliament, I never accepted tickets for concerts or something like that.”
Mrs. Reeves led the weekend furiously by admitting that she had accepted £ 600 seats in a VIP box to attend a Sabrina Carpenter concert in the O2 Arena in London while preparing himself for cutting billions from public spending
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and transport secretary Heidi Alexander visit a local mechanic activities, after the announcement by the British government of investments to preserve roads in the United Kingdom
Printed or it was because she thought it wasn't good to do this, she said: “Partly because I have a very busy diary and I have to prioritize my time and, if I have free time, you actually spend some time with my family and my husband is actually a more attractive option for me.”
Tory MP Gareth Davies said: 'I know Labor said they would like to prioritize buses, but I didn't think this would mean that the transport secretary threw the Chancellor under one.
“The transport secretary is” too busy “to accept free concert tickets, but the Chancellor isn't that?”
A Tory source added: 'Reeves must come clean and reveal how she got to get this freebies.
'She seems to be more focused on Jollies than resolving the mistakes of her budget. It is no wonder she needs an emergency budget.
'It is a blow to the face of working people that she is not concerned that the economy is refueling, business trust is being shot and taxes are at record highs. It shows how out of contact she is. '
A spokesperson for Mrs. Reeves did not respond to questions about the Freebies.
The Chancellor has cited security schemes as her reason to take the free tickets for the Sabrina Carpenter show in a box of AEG, the owner of the Arena, and said that she would explain their value to the parliamentary authorities.
She insisted that she needs close protection as a cabinet minister and added: “I certainly have security now, which means that it is not as easy if it would have been in a concert in the past.”
Mrs. Reeves also received a Harrods basket worth £ 200 from the Qatarese embassy, but the register of the gifts and hospitality of the ministers states that it was 'used for hospitality' instead of being kept by her or HM Treasury.
Sabrina Carpenter plays on stage during the Sabrina Carpenter Short N 'Sweet Tour in Barclays Center
However, she accepted the show tickets, while most other ministers stopped taking Freebies in the aftermath of the scandal that erupted when the Sir Keir Starmer appeared and had enjoyed a half dozen senior work figures to see Taylor Swift last summer.
Yesterday asked if Sir Keir thought that Mrs. Reeves had made the correct decisions regarding hospitality, said his official spokesperson: “Of course, the Prime Minister supports all his ministers who have made their own judgments with regard to these matters according to the ministerial code.”
Wondered if the prime minister thinks it is acceptable for ministers to accept lush hospitality of companies in the midst of imminent expenditure reductions in tomorrow's spring declaration, the spokesperson said that the government 'had strengthened the rules' for ministerial gifts to 'ensure transparency'.
He added that “in the first place it was a matter of judgment for ministers who are personally responsible for deciding how to act and behave” and said it is to ministers “to ensure that they meet the updated rules and the code.”
Labor Peer Lord Sikka wrote on social media yesterday: 'UK politicians take gifts, freebies, donations, is nothing new. It is corrosive. Donors expect a return – access to policy makers, ministers, friends contracts, lax laws. Must receive/give all political donations in any form whatsoever. '
Mrs. Reeves was also engaged in a row last month about the claims of the costs on her previous job.
The BBC reported that she and other managers at Halifax Bank of Scotland were accused of using company money to 'finance a lifestyle' of dinners, events and gifts. But she insisted: “No one has ever expressed concern about my expenses.”
Sir Keir was flooded in a Freebies row last year after he was created, he was handed over by Labor Peer Lord Alli to take thousands of pounds and glasses while the leader of the opposition.
Deputy leader Angela Rayner also received £ 3,550 from 'work clothing' from the Millionaire Donor last year, according to the MPS 'Register of Interests.
She had previously declared Lord Alli's gift as a 'donation in kind for performing parliamentary tasks', but then she revealed the parliamentary register of interests, the goal was for work -related clothing that was used 'while she undertook my duties'.
In the aftermath of the controversy, Sir Keir, Mrs. Rayner and Mrs. Reeves promised not to accept donations of clothing.
MP Rosie Duffield, who stopped giving birth last September in protest against the Freebies scandal, said, “It is almost impossible to believe that these things are still going on.”
In the meantime, it was confirmed yesterday that the wages of all MPs will reach £ 93,904 next month.
The independent parliamentary standard authority said that their salaries would rise by 2.8 percent in a decision in line with wage recommendations for the public sector personnel.
But John O'Connell, Chief Executive of the Alliance of the Tax Payers, said: “Despite the supervision of a rising tax burden and crumbling public services, the politicians of Great -Britain are rewarded again despite their litany of failures. The wages of the MPs must be linked to GDP per head of the population, so that their income only rises when the country predicts. '
