Sadiq Khan declared free Taylor Swift tickets 10 days late, understated their value and gave wrong information about who they were from, it has been revealed. London’s mayor originally said he received six tickets worth £194 each totalling £1,

The controversy over the free Taylor Swift tickets gifted to Sadiq Khan and his aides has taken a new twist. A total of 22 tickets to the pop superstar’s shows at Wembley Stadium thius summer were received by City Hall staff, The Standard can reveal. This is almost twice as many as have been publicly declared by the mayor and his team.

Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has admitted discussing Taylor Swift’s security arrangements with the Metropolitan Police amid a growing row over Labour interventions for her concerts in London. The US pop star was given a motorbike convoy by the Met Police on the way to her sell out summer shows at Wembley Stadium after she was granted “VVIP”

Sadiq Khan's freebie Taylor Swift tickets were worth three times more than declared, City Hall admits - Six tickets for VIP box were worth £500 each not £194