How has your summer been? Done anything nice? As MPs prepare to head back to parliament next week, you’ll be relieved to hear that some of the most prominent(杰出的，重要的) figures in British politics have been enjoying the season’s cultural highlights – and without paying a penny(分文未花). MPs throughout the Commons have received £400,000 of “freebies(免费赠品)” to concerts, sports matches and other events so far this year, according to the most recent disclosures(披露，公开).
你的夏天过得怎么样？有没有做什么开心的事？当议员们准备下周重返议会时，你会欣慰地得知，英国政坛的一些最显赫人物一直在享受这个季节的文化盛事——而且分文未花。根据最新披露的数据，今年迄今，下议院各地的议员们已收受价值40万英镑的音乐会、体育比赛及其他活动的“免费赠品”。
Over the summer alone, Wes Streeting, now the defence secretary, enjoyed the Chelsea flower show(切尔西花展) thanks to(多亏，由于) Lloyds Banking Group covering the £1,839 cost, as did the shadow chancellor(影子财政大臣), Mel Stride. Lucy Powell, who has since become deputy leader of the Labour party and education secretary, accepted £858-worth of tickets to a Harry Styles concert at Wembley from the PRS for Music industry group. Meanwhile, the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, nabbed(攫取，弄到) seats at Wimbledon worth £1,360 from the All England Club.
仅在这个夏天，现任国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷就因劳埃德银行集团承担了1839英镑的费用而得以参观切尔西花展，影子财政大臣梅尔·斯特莱德也是如此。露西·鲍威尔——她后来成为工党副领袖和教育大臣——接受了音乐行业组织PRS赠送的价值858英镑的哈里·斯泰尔斯温布利演唱会门票。与此同时，保守党领袖凯米·巴德诺克从全英俱乐部弄到了价值1360英镑的温布尔登网球赛座位。
Totalled up, MPs have been gifted £100,000 more so far this year than in the whole of 2025, with recipients seemingly learning few lessons from Keir Starmer’s “passes for glasses” scandal, in which a Labour peer gifted the then prime minister designer eyewear and clothes before being spotted in Downing Street with a temporary security pass.(总计起来，今年议员们被赠予的礼物比2025年全年多出10万英镑，而受赠者似乎几乎没有从斯塔默的“眼镜通行证”丑闻中吸取教训。)
总计起来，今年迄今议员们被赠予的礼物比2025年全年多出10万英镑，而受赠者似乎几乎没有从基尔·斯塔默的“眼镜通行证”丑闻中吸取教训。在那起丑闻中，一名工党贵族赠送给时任首相名牌眼镜和衣物，随后被人发现带着临时安全通行证出现在唐宁街。