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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Rachel Reeves ‘accepted free tickets to Sabrina Carpenter concert’ as freebies row reignites

Rachel Reeves reportedly accepted free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert last week, in a move which threatens to reignite the freebies row that rocked the government last year.

According to the The i Paper, the chancellor sat in a corporate box last weekend to watch the O2 arena show, for which some resale tickets cost almost £1,000, as the cabinet geared up to announce sweeping cuts to disability benefits.

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