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The party has faced intense backlash during its first 100 days in government after senior Labour figures declared the extensive amount of gifts – including free tickets to seePresenter Aasmah Mir said: “Many people think that the people within the Labour government are being hypocritical.
“I think you said yourself about the tickets, that they were declared the Taylor Swift tickets but ‘I do recognise that I’m in a fortunate position to be able to receive it’.”Phillipson replied: “Of course I do. I do recognise I’m in a very privileged position, a very fortunate position.“And I can absolutely tell you that every single day, what matters most to me is the work that we are doing as a government to support our children and families.
“But I can understand how, when lots of people would look at that, they would see it in a certain way. “I completely understand that we have responsibilities as politicians, which I followed and honoured in terms of my responsibilities in line with the rules.” When later asked on Good Morning Britain if she would be paying the value for the free tickets to a Taylor Swift concert she received, as her“The prime minister was clear that was a personal choice for him, I haven’t done so but I can say to you that I won’t be accepting such gifts in the future,” Phillipson replied.
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