Revealed: MPs accepted more than £700,000 in free gifts and hospitality last year

Furore over freebies like tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and football games has led to calls for reform to MPs' gift declarations and an overhaul of the ministerial code

More than 700,000 worth of free gifts and hospitality has been received by MPs in the past year for everything from Taylor Swift tickets to helicopter rides, new analysis reveals.

The figures, based on data from the MPs' register of interests between September 2023 and August 2024, comes during a growing furore around the acceptance of gifts by the prime minister and his inner circle.