Sat 01 Apr 2023:
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spent up to $617,249 (£500,000) in less than a fortnight on travel on a private jet. Soon after the data was made public, Sunak was cornered by opposition parties who claimed he was out of touch while the majority of Britons were experiencing a severe cost-of-living crisis.
The numbers were released by the cabinet office and detailed that Sunak spent £108,000 on a jet to travel to and from the COP27 summit in Egypt last year. A week later, the 10, Downing Street resident jetted off to the southeast Asian country of Indonesia to attend the G20 summit in Bali. The total cost of the round trip came about to £340,000.
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In early December 2022, Sunak embarked on a day trip to Latvia and Estonia where the cost of the jet came down to £62,000. The data showed that another £20,000 was spent on Sunak’s accommodation, meals and visas – throughout the mentioned trips.
The Liberal Democrats slammed Sunak for the spending and said, “This is a shocking waste of taxpayer’s money at a time when most people are struggling to pay their bills or put food on the table. Yet again this Conservative government is completely out of touch.”
Meanwhile, the party’s energy and climate spokesperson Wera Hobhouse tweeted, “They can pretend to care about a greener future with their so-called ‘Green Day’, but in reality they do not care.”
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The report was just made public a few days after it became known that Sunak’s capital gains income from 2019 to 2022 totaled £3.8 million, while his investment income exceeded £600,000.
It should be noted that this is not the first time PM Sunak has faced scrutiny for his extravagant spending. According to recent reports, Sunak upgraded the regional electricity grid to accommodate his $4,80,000 (£400,000) privately heated swimming pool at his North Yorkshire residence.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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