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Revealed: Premier League’s £100,000 ‘freebies’ operation to target cabinet and MPs amid battle over new regulator

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More than a third of the new cabinet and at least 60 MPs, including 41 from Labour , have benefited from the largesse of the Premier League and its football clubs in the past three years .

Hospitality and tickets were worth up to 4,000 for individual events.

Labour now faces a battle over its plans to beef up the financial powers of the proposed watchdog.

Labour source said laws introducing a new regulator would be passed.

Starmer has vowed to overhaul the rules on accepting gifts.

He has already paid back 6,000 of gifts and hospitality, including the value of Swift concert tickets.

A Premier League spokesperson said the Premier League runs a programme of engagement with a broad range of individuals including MPs and officials.

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