Culture secretary denies reports Labour ‘intervened’ to provide blue-light escort for Taylor Swift

Culture secretary denies Labour ‘personally intervened’ over Taylor Swift Wembley security Sky News

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00:00When you have major events, whether in London or in other parts of the UK,

00:04the Home Secretary will be involved in a conversation where there is a security risk.

00:09I also know that she doesn't have the power, nor would she use the power to insist that any

00:15individual got the top level of private security arrangements. That is an operational matter for

00:20the police, not for the government. So who did? Well, the police made the decision. Ultimately,

00:25it is their decision and nobody else can make it. Initially they said no.

00:27Well, that's not my understanding and I've read the Sun article and there seems to be

00:32an acceptance that that is what happened in this case. The Home Secretary will of course

00:36make a considered judgement about that and express a view. I would expect her to do that

00:41when the security of the public is at risk. Don't forget that when it comes to Taylor Swift,

00:45what had just happened was that a series of concerts had been cancelled in Vienna because

00:49of a very serious security threat. We've had, you know, I'm a great Manchester MP,

00:54I have constituents who were at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester and are still

00:58living with the impact of that. We've got to make sure that we take this seriously and that we get

01:03it right, but I utterly reject that there's been any kind of wrongdoing or undue influence in this case.