Michael Gove failed to declare hospitality at three football matches

Housing secretary did not register free box seats organised by owner of company he referred for 164m PPE contracts

Michael Gove failed to declare hospitality worth more than 1,700 at three Queens Park Rangers matches over the course of two years, not just the one occasion when he attended with a Conservative donor, it has emerged.

The housing secretary was placed under investigation by the House of Commons standards watchdog last week, after the Guardian reported that he failed to register hospitality he received in August 2021 alongside David Meller, a donor whose firm he had referred to the VIP lane for assessing PPE deals during the Covid pandemic. Meller's firm, Meller Designs, won six PPE contracts worth 164m.