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Deputy PM Angela Rayner under growing pressure to cough up cash for her £836 Ibiza jolly


DEPUTY Prime Minister Angela Rayner is under growing pressure to cough up cash for her £836 Ibiza jolly.

After PM Sir Keir Starmer announced he would pay back over £6,000 for gifts he took in office, his top team was urged to follow suit.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is under growing pressure to cough up cash for her £836 Ibiza jolly

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Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is under growing pressure to cough up cash for her £836 Ibiza jollyCredit: Instagram
Ms Rayner batted away criticism at the time, insisting she should be allowed 'down time'

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Ms Rayner batted away criticism at the time, insisting she should be allowed ‘down time’Credit: Instagram

The Sun can reveal the Cabinet has taken over £11,000 in freebies since the General Election in July.

Among those is part of Ms Rayner’s holiday, which was registered as a gift from the management firm of the DJ she was seen raving with last month in nightclub Hi Ibiza.

Ms Rayner batted away criticism at the time, insisting she should be allowed “down time” — but failed to disclose she got her trip from a donor.

Reform UK said yesterday: “Labour are making a mockery of trust in our system.

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“We now learn that Angela Rayner’s VIP Ibiza trip, complete with an appearance at a DJ’s booth, was a freebie.”

Other Labour top names who accepted big summer outings include Treasury Minister Darren Jones, who bagged Taylor Swift tickets worth £3,400, and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, who got Wimbledon tickets with a going rate of £1,600.

Yesterday, YouGov polls found 79 per cent of voters thought Sir Keir was right to pay back some of his freebies.

But he has still not coughed up cash for over £100,000 worth of gifts he got while still opposition leader.

Explaining why not, minister Sarah Jones said: “There’s a difference between what you do in government and what you do in opposition.”

Sir Keir Starmer made a career as a top-flight barrister but has yet to make a decent defence of accepting all his freebies
David Lammy and Keir Starmer were given tickets to a football match this summer

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David Lammy and Keir Starmer were given tickets to a football match this summer
Labour top names had also been given expensive tickets to Taylor Swift gigs

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Labour top names had also been given expensive tickets to Taylor Swift gigsCredit: instagram



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