In terms of Reeves’ family values, the chancellor of the exchequer can hardly be faulted, she has been explaining, for snagging box tickets to a teens’ pop concert, careless of the consequences if this gift became public when her spring statement was slashing welfare. “It is a balancing act in my job to try and be a good parent”. Inferior parents should note that help is available: Sabrina Carpenter returns to the UK this summer, seats available for £191 each (VIP £364).
Keir Starmer once said that, under him, Britain would be the party of the family and the “best place to grow up in”: we can already feel confident that, thanks to his approach to dynamic sponging, no child of a Labour minister need be denied their essential football or concert outing, regardless of ticket price or scarcity. Starmer leads the way with his non-negotiable visits to theArsenal directors’ box, a perk that Sky Sports at Chequers cannot be expected to replace. “It means I can continue to do something which is really special to me,” he said (after his free specs and outfits scandal), “which is to go to football with my boy.”
