Tories seek watchdog probe into Sadiq Khan's Taylor Swift freebie tickets

Mr Khan accepted six escaped tickets – each worthy £500 – for the popular megastar’s performance astatine Wembley stadium connected August 15.

But helium was 10 days precocious successful declaring the acquisition connected the City Hall registry of gifts and hospitality.

In addition, his archetypal introduction incorrectly said the tickets were worthy £194, not £500, and that they had been talented by the Football Association alternatively than LS Events, which is an events contractor to the Greater London Authority.

Mr Khan’s spokesperson said the archetypal mistake was owed to quality mistake and had been rectified.

But Susan Hall, a Conservative subordinate of the London Assembly and the defeated 2024 Tory mayoral candidate, has asked the GLA’s monitoring serviceman Rory McKenna to investigate.

Mr Khan told The Standard connected Tuesday: "I've mislaid number of the fig of times Conservatives person made complaints against me. We'll beryllium co-operating afloat with the monitoring officer."

Mr Khan was invited to 2 concerts, 1 successful June and 1 successful August, but lone attended the latter, erstwhile helium was accompanied by unnamed household members and different people, seemingly successful a backstage container occupied by 11 radical including the mayor.

Ms Hall, successful a missive to Mr McKenna that was sent connected Monday night, said she wanted to marque a “formal ailment astir a imaginable breach of the GLA’s Gifts and Hospitality Policy” by Mr Khan.

She said Mr Khan should person registered the tickets wrong 28 days – namely, September 12.

“It is my knowing that Sadiq Khan did not registry a declaration for the talented tickets until 22 September 2024, thereby contravening the GLA’s Gifts and Hospitality Policy and Procedure,” she wrote.

“It is present being reported by the BBC that the Mayor’s declaration importantly under-stated the worth of the tickets, which were £3,000 not £1,164, and contained incorrect accusation astir who had donated them.

“Furthermore, the tickets for the August performance were reportedly paid for by a institution who person antecedently worked connected events with City Hall.”

She asked Mr McKenna whether a “technical oregon strategy fault” could person delayed Mr Khan’s declaration.

Alternatively, if determination was “no morganatic reason” preventing the tickets being registered connected time, “what steps volition you beryllium taking to guarantee this imaginable contravention of the GLA’s Gifts and Hospitality Policy and Procedure is appropriately addressed?”

Ms Hall, who is the Tory spokeswoman connected policing and crime, added: “Can you clarify the GLA rules regarding the receipt and declaration of hospitality donations from outer suppliers and contractors for the Mayor of London and staff?

“Considering the nationalist involvement successful this matter, I’d admit it if you could expedite an probe into this affair.”

A spokesperson for the Mayor said: “Any acquisition accepted by the politician is declared openly and transparently. In this lawsuit determination was an administrative error. This has been corrected.”

Of the 22 tickets, 10 of the recipients are unknown. This is due to the fact that they were either members of Mr Khan’s household oregon were inferior City Hall staff, whose gifts declarations bash not person to beryllium made public.

City Hall unit beneath the fertile of adjunct manager level bash not person to publically state gifts.