LONDON — MPs loved free hospitality on the U.Ok.’s prime occasions this summer season, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer accepting tickets to Ascot for his household.
Google paid for a number of MPs to attend Glastonbury Pageant together with Labour’s Chris Curtis, Dan Aldridge, Leigh Ingham, Steve Race, Jake Richards and Fred Thomas. The hospitality value of the person packages was value as much as £4,000.
Chair of the Tradition, Media and Sport Committee, Conservative MP Caroline Dinenage, who has been vital of tech corporations utilizing copyrighted materials to coach their AI fashions, additionally took a Glastonbury ticket and a tent from Google. Deputy Speaker within the Commons and fellow Tory Nusrat Ghani was additionally gifted a ticket by the tech large.
Different MPs getting free Glastonbury tickets had been Lib Dem tech spokesperson Victoria Collins and Labour MP James Frith because of PRS for Music, a bunch lobbying to guard musicians’ copyrighted materials.
Rows over freebies prompted the prime minister issues final 12 months and he repaid £6,000 value of presents. The register reveals him accepting £650 of Ascot tickets this summer season for 3 relations.
Dozens of Conservative and Labour MPs additionally took free tickets to Silverstone and Wimbledon this summer season. Having fun with the British Grand Prix had been Labour’s Callum Anderson and Paula Barker, and Conservatives Charlie Dewhirst and Sarah Bool.
MPs must declare presents value over £300 inside 28 days of accepting.