Exclusive: Oliver Dowden and Keir Starmer among those who enjoyed free hospitality at Wimbledon, Ascot, the Ashes and Glyndebourne

More than 100 MPs have enjoyed free hospitality to concerts and sporting events worth more than £180,000 this summer, with tickets given away by banks, oil companies, the gambling industry and media firms.

The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, the deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden and the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, are among those who have benefited from a growing trend for politicians accepting giveaways.

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