Lisa Nandy was appearing on Kay Burley's Sky News programme today to rebutt claims the Home Office had intervened to grant the American singer police escorts.
Sky News ' Kay Burley blasted Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy over her assertation she had enjoyed complimentary tickets to Taylor Swift proclaiming 'I paid for mine' as the Labour freebie row rolls on.
Meanwhile, 10 top Labour Party members - which included the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, and Health Secretary Wes Streeting - bagged free tickets to Swift's gigs, sparking a fierce backlash. Ms Nandy - who was among high-profile figures from the party to receive free tickets to Swift's Eras tour show - said there was no link between the hospitality they received and Swift's police protection.
Nandy then said: ''Your suggestion is that they shouldn't be going. My point is as long as they declare it and are absolutely upfront about what happened, people can judge for themselves, but the suggestion the Home Secretary intervened and made a decision about security arrangements for Taylor Swift is simply not true.'
Ms Nandy added: 'When you have major events, whether in London or in other parts of the UK, the Home Secretary will be involved in a conversation where there is a security risk. Labour's 'frightening' decision to means test the subsidy previously paid to all pensioners will see 10.7 million poorer older people lose out on the benefit, according to a shocking report published last night.
Moneysaving expert Martin Lewis has slammed the Government for taking money out of the hands of pensioners during a furious rant on Good Morning Britain
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