At the start of the month, Guido totted up the total cost of all the freebies MPs had accepted in the latest register of interests: £23,000 spent on Brits tickets, tennis matches, football games and the like. Guido thought it was quite a hefty figure at the time…

Well two weeks later, and MPs have managed to blow that sum out the water: the updated register shows £46,098.97 has been splurged in just 14 days. Here’s the full breakdown:

Tennis:

• Fleur Anderson, £480
• Scott Benton, £1,100
• Steve Brine, £304
• Philip Davies, £1,100
• Stephen Hammond, £480
• Scott Mann, £1,900
• Caroline Nokes, £1,398

Football:

• Stuart Andrew, £1,961
• Scott Benton, £4,994.60
• Ben Bradley, £1,961
• Philip Davies, £3,457
• Alberto Costa, £645
• Chris Heaton-Harris, £1,961
• Esther McVey, £3,457
• Laurence Robertson, £3,457
• Stuart Graham, £1,961
• Toby Perkins, £3,457
• Luke Pollard £646.37
• Mark Tami, £1,961

Royal Ascot:

• Scott Benton, £1,400
• Mark Jenkinson, £1,400
• Laurence Robertson, £2,800

Brits:

• Nickie Aiken, £900
• Christian Matheson, £900
• Conor McGinn, £750
• Alex Sobel, £900

Other:

• Paul Holmes, £359 (Cricket)

Congratulations go to Scott Benton for scooping up tickets for the Royal Ascot, the Wimbledon final, and two Euro games, worth a grand total of £7,494.60 – the highest total for this edition. As always, nice work if you can get it…