{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/67e2d8fdff10fa253ff45b22?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Government freebies: What's the ministerial code?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1742919917063-4bffeaab-5b72-462a-8a8c-937206e469f0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The row over the Chancellor Rachel Reeves receiving tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert at London’s o2 Arena has grown on Tuesday, <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/rachel-reeves-sabrina-carpenter-o2-arena-free-tickets-b1218619.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">with Greenwich and Woolwich MP Matthew Pennycook saying that he had never taken a free ticket for the flagship music venue in east London.&nbsp;</a> Speaking to LBC Matthew said he personally did not believe it was “appropriate” to accept them.</p><p>But what is the ministerial code, and have any rules been broken? We’re joined by The London Standard’s chief political correspondent Rachael Burford.</p><p>In part two we head over to <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/going-out/attractions/hidden-london-the-museum-of-brands-b1217688.html \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Museum of Brands for this week’s London’s Hidden Gems</a> and speak to Museum Director Paul Botje and Museum Curator Alice Kain.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y6ByYF6opc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The full Hidden Gems video</a>&nbsp;was produced by The London Standard’s deputy head of video, Albert Evans.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}