The singer received a police escort to her Wembley shows despite initial police reservatations.
Downing Street has denied Sir Keir Starmer received free Taylor Swift tickets as a "thank you" for the singer getting a police escort to her concerts at Wembley in August.
“It’s ultimately up to the police to take operational decisions in relation to these big events,” he said. Downing Street refused to deny this but a spokesperson said: “It is right for the government to have conversations and a dialogue around the arrangements pertaining to major events to ensure that these go forward safely and smoothly."
Last week it emerged Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan had been involved in talks about security around the US superstar's shows over the summer, following the cancellation of her Vienna gigs due to a foiled terror plot.The home secretary attended with tickets given to her husband Ed Balls, a Good Morning Britain presenter. Khan was given tickets by the Football Association, which owns the stadium.
"In the aftermath of the Manchester Arena attack on the Ariana Grande concert in 2017, security arrangements for events like these are taken extremely seriously."We can make categorically clear that all operational decisions were made by the Metropolitan Police and they do not discuss security arrangements."
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