Andy Burnham accepted free accommodation at Glastonbury festival from a music royalties company months before the Greater Manchester Combined Authority paid it more than £35,000. Must have been a nice tent…
Burnham registered £1,000 of Glastonbury accommodation in June last year for two from PRS for Music LTD. Four months later, on 27 October, GMCA paid PPL PRS Limited £35,966.80 in “copyright collecting fees.” PPL PRS Limited is the joint venture owned 50/50 by PRS for Music and PPL…
The payment will likely be for playing the company’s music in public spaces or elsewhere on GMCA property. After reaching a certain age people really prefer the nicer “glamping” arrangements at Glastonbury, otherwise you get no sleep and a bad back – they are pricey though…
Eyebrows have also been raised after media company EY3 Media donated £45,000 of free promotional videos to Burnham during the 2021 and 2024 Manchester mayoral elections before receiving at least £338,400 from the GMCA for “publicity” and “other promotional services.” Reform’s latest advert in Makerfield accuses Burnham of “cronyism”…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”