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One woman said: “In terms of gifts, corruption and potential for bribery aside, it’s quite refreshing to hear politicians being gifted things rather than charging them on public expenses.
“I think I’d much rather hear that Keir Starmer had accepted box tickets from a club that he already has a season ticket for that he pays for than – you mentioned Boris Johnson before – I’d rather he be gifted a football ticket than Boris Johnson’s wallpaper.”It was initially funded by a Tory donor, although Johnson reimbursed him at a later date.
Commons leader Lucy Powell said it was about transparency in parliament and that in her role as the leader of the House of Commons, she had tightened up the rules for MPs in terms of outside earnings. She continued: “We are determined to raise those standards, raise that transparency and really eliminate that idea that there is a conflict of interest there and MPs have a different paymaster.”
Another member of the audience also said conflating the idea of receiving gifts with corruption is “far-fetched” – but he added that it is the limit of the monetary value of those gifts needs to be looked at.Keir Starmer Forced To Declare He Is 'In Control' Despite Sue Gray And Freebies RowsSign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.
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