V&A at centre of row over auction of private tour as prize at Tory fundraising event

Labour says auction by museum, whose trustees include Tory chair Ben Elliot, breached code of conduct

The V&A has been urged to investigate why the museum auctioned a private tour as a prize at a Conservative fundraising dinner when one of its trustees is a Tory party chair.

In a letter to the commissioner on public appointments, Labour's shadow culture secretary, Lucy Powell, said the auction was a clear breach of the code of conduct for trustees of public bodies.