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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Goodier and Eleni Courea

SHOCKING: Mps have declared more than 6m in freebies since 2010 analysis shows | Mind Blowing Facts

John Bercow on Wimbledon Centre Court on Men's Finals Day in 2019.
John Bercow at Wimbledon on men's finals day in 2019. The former speaker of the House of Commons declared 82 gifts, 32 of which were tickets to tennis matches. Photograph: Karwai Tang/Getty Images

MPs have declared more than £6m in “freebies” since 2010 with the cash price of gifts given almost tripling over two years, analysis reveals, leading to calls for urgent reform.

The value of “gifts, benefits and hospitality” declared by MPs was £1.3m in 2023, analysis shows, up from £483,507 in 2021. And the amount of gifts increased to 768 from 337 during the same period.

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