Free football tickets save taxpayer money on security, Keir Starmer says
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Prime Minister has defended accepting thousands of pounds-worth of free football tickets by saying it saves the taxpayer money on security.
Sir Keir Starmer, an avid Arsenal fan, has come under pressure in recent weeks for accepting more than £35,000 of free football tickets over the last Parliament, along with thousands more in free clothes and concert tickets.
Although he is an Arsenal season ticket holder, Sir Keir told the BBC on Thursday that security concerns meant he could no longer watch games from the stands without a large and expensive police presence.
He told BBC Yorkshire: “Frankly, I’d rather be in the stands but I’m not going to ask the taxpayer to indulge me to be in the stands when I could go and sit somewhere else where the club and the security say it’s safer for me to be.
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