Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak hosted British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at two hospitality dinners in 2017 and 2018 when Burnham was mayor of Greater Manchester, according to records cited by the BBC.
As reported by the BBC on Wednesday, the dinners, held at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium in August 2017 and April 2018, have emerged amid growing pressure on Burnham to provide full details of his dealings with the football club.
The hospitality arrangements were not specifically identified in a statement released on Monday by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), which outlined Burnham’s meetings and interactions with the club during his time as mayor.
A previous register of declarations showed that Burnham attended a dinner with Al Mubarak and then-Manchester City Council leader Richard Leese during an Everton match in August 2017. The hospitality was valued at £300.
Another entry listed a dinner with the club chairman during the Manchester City-Manchester United derby in April 2018, valued at approximately £699.
Burnham had previously declared both dinners, as well as a pair of tickets worth £150 to see singer Ed Sheeran perform at the stadium in May 2018.
However, the register has since been removed from the GMCA website. The BBC reported that the authority’s policy was to publish only declarations from the current mayoral term.
