Corbynista’s £16k freebies

As one of the 36 Labour MPs who nominated Jeremy corbyn for the Labour leadership, Dawn Butler’s Left-wing credentials are never in doubt.

nor is her willingness to accept hospitality — like the two tickets she recently snaffled, which were worth £520, to watch Manchester city take on chelsea at Wembley.

‘Two tickets were given to Dawn,’ acknowledges Butler’s office, adding that two members of her staff ‘ were also given tickets, and were declared in the proper way’.

As was a £14,200 nine-day freebie enabling Butler and one of her staff to attend an awards ceremony in Los Angeles earlier this year, not to mention a 5-day trip in June — worth £1,160 — to sicily.