The Chancellor is under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog after declaring free tickets she received for a National Theatre production three months late.
Rachel Reeves and three of her family members were given tickets to a show, believed to have been the children’s production Ballet Shoes, on December 27 last year.
But they were not declared on the members’ register of interests until March 27.
The tickets were worth around £276. It is understood Ms Reeves referred herself to Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, over the late declaration.
According to parliamentary rules, MPs must update any changes to their financial interests within 28 days.
As well as the MPs’ register, ministers must separately declare any gifts or hospitality they receive on a ministers’ register.
The Chancellor’s tickets were entered into the December register for ministerial hospitality, which was published in late January, and it is thought that an admin oversight is why they were entered late on to the MP register.
A spokesperson for Ms Reeves said: “The Chancellor’s interests are fully declared and up to date.”
The parliament website states that an investigation into Ms Reeves was opened on April 29 and relates to paragraph 5 of the Commons’ Code of Conduct, which lays out that financial interests must be declared within 28 days.
The Chancellor was previously been criticised for accepting “freebies”.
Last month she pledged not to accept any more free concert tickets following public scrutiny when she took a family member to see Sabrina Carpenter without paying.
Ms Reeves accepted two free concert tickets to see the American pop star at the O2 arena.
She defended the decision on security grounds.
“I wouldn’t do it again, I felt I was doing the right thing but I do understand perceptions,” she told ITV’s Good Morning Britain at the time.
“I’m not intending to take concert tickets in the future. But you know, it is a balancing act in my job to try and be a good parent and also do my job with some of the security challenges that I face.”
