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Tories seek watchdog probe into Sadiq Khan's Taylor Swift freebie tickets

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Taylor Swift performing at Wembley Stadium - (PA Wire)

The City Hall watchdog has been asked to open an urgent investigation into Sadiq Khan’s free tickets to a Taylor Swift concert.

Mr Khan accepted six free tickets – each worth £500 – for the pop megastar’s concert at Wembley stadium on August 15.

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