Rachel Reeves has come under fire after reigniting the Labour freebies row (Image: Getty)
A star has launched a scathing attack on , branding the chancellor “disastrous” and demanding she resign ahead of her Spring Budget announcement.
The politician recently came under fire after accepting free tickets to watch Sabrina Carpenter in London earlier this month, .
Ms Reeves attended the concert free of charge and watched from a corporate box, while resale tickets sold for as much as £900. The gift is expected to be declared in the next declaration of MPs’ financial interests, with a Treasury spokesman insisting “all declarations will be made in the usual way.”
The fresh backlash sparked a fiery rant from GB News commentator Lizzie Cundy, who demanded: “She has to go with immediate effect, she’s a disaster. I have no other word for her, she’s a disaster.
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Lizzie Cundy ripped into the chancellor (Image: GB News )
“What’s this word she keeps saying? It has to go ‘further and faster’ – the only thing that needs to go further and faster is her career, kicked out of the Government.”
Cundy, 56, claimed Ms Reeves’ policies are having a “dangerous” impact on Britain’s economy as she highlighted some of her recent decisions such as scrapping the for millions of pensioners and the inheritance tax raid on farmers.
“Honestly, it’s so scary because she’s inept, she’s out of her depth. She doesn’t know what she’s doing,” Cundy declared. “And in fact, that makes her dangerous. And I’m really worried for this country with her in charge.”
The TV personality also hit out at for appointing Ms Reeves as chancellor, adding: “And worst of all, put her there. We have to look at his judgement skills. It’s appalling, and they know what she’s doing to us.”
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Ms Reeves accepted free tickets to watch Sabrina Carpenter (Image: Getty)
Back in September, the prime minister sparked extensive backlash after it emerged he had pocketed £84,000 in free gifts including clothes, glasses and tickets to football matches. Ms Reeves and were also stung by the row, which overshadowed Labour’s Liverpool conference.
Labour MP Rachael Maskell has now lashed out at Ms Reeves’ freebie concert ticket, at a time when the Chancellor is mulling huge benefit cuts for some of the country’s poorest.
She fumed: “I thought that this issue had been settled, and ministers would not be accepting free hospitality for personal benefit. So to hear of a repeat, should it have occurred, is deeply troubling, not least at a time when many disabled people are worried sick about having their lifeline of support reduced under the ‘Get Britain Working’ reforms.”
The private VIP box used by Ms Reeves is owned by AEG, a former client of lobbying firm FTI Consulting, whose clients include tobacco giants, North Sea oil and banks such as HSBC and Lloyds.