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Starmer pays for his Taylor Swift tickets

Keir Starmer is crawling to the cross and paying for some of the gifts he received since he became British Prime Minister in July - including tickets to see Taylor Swift.

» Updated: 08 October 2024

» Published: 02 October 2024

Starmer pays for his Taylor Swift tickets
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In total, it's about gifts worth 6,000 pounds, equivalent to 81,000 kronor that Starmer has now paid for.

Among the gifts are six tickets to see Taylor Swift at Wembley and four tickets to see horse racing.

Additionally, he pays 839 pounds for the rental of designer clothes that his wife Victoria has worn on several occasions, reports The Times.

After the payments were made, Downing Street issued a statement about new rules for donations that will be published soon.

We came in as a government that stands for change. We will now set out rules for donations, until now politicians have been able to use their own discretion. I believe we need common principles, said Starmer in Brussels, where he met EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Starmer and his Labour have received much criticism for the gifts they have received, in the Prime Minister's case tens of thousands of pounds from a wealthy businessman and long-time Labour donor.

He does not pay back all gifts, including football tickets worth 2,000 pounds, as he claims that for security reasons he must sit in a loge.

Neither will he pay for clothes worth around 32,000 pounds, donated by businessman Waheed Alli, according to The Guardian.

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