MPs in new freebie row after accepting darts hospitality from betting firm
by Shanti Das from World news | The Guardian on (#6TV0R)
Labour's James Frith and Conservative Caroline Nokes gifted tickets by Paddy Power worth up to 1,000 each
Two MPs received VIP tickets for the sold-out World Darts Championships courtesy of a betting company - weeks after a national outcry over politicians accepting freebies.
Labour MP James Frith, who has campaigned for safer gambling, and Conservative MP Caroline Nokes, the deputy speaker of the House of Commons, were gifted platinum" hospitality tickets by Paddy Power worth up to 1,000 each.
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