Downing Avenue stated Rishi Sunak’s journey was for “important conferences with world leaders.

London/New Delhi:

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spent greater than €500,000 of taxpayers’ cash on personal jets in simply over per week final yr, in accordance with The Guardian.

The UK authorities spent slightly below €108,000 on personal jet journey for Rishi Sunak’s attendance on the COP27 summit in Egypt, flying in on 6 November and returning the next day, the newspaper stated. 

Per week later, he set off on a spherical journey to the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, at a value of over €340,000.

Mr Sunak’s Latvia and Estonia journey in December incurred journey prices of €62,498, with private prices of €2,500, The Guardian report stated. 

The Liberal Democrats branded the bills as a “stunning waste of taxpayers’ cash” through the cost-of-living disaster.

“It is a stunning waste of taxpayers’ cash at a time when persons are struggling to pay their payments. But once more this Conservative authorities is totally out of contact,” the tweet stated. 

It is a stunning waste of taxpayer’s cash at a time when most individuals are struggling to pay their payments or put meals on the desk.

But once more this Conservative authorities is totally out of contact. pic.twitter.com/3BvtyLdhj8

— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) March 31, 2023

The Downing Avenue stated Mr Sunak’s journey was for “important conferences with world leaders”.

“The position of the Prime Minister consists of holding important conferences with world leaders throughout bilateral visits and summits to debate problems with worldwide significance – together with safety, defence and commerce,” a authorities spokesperson stated.

The UK’s Opposition events are additionally piling on the strain on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over a current Funds coverage that would allegedly profit his spouse, Akshata Murty, by her enterprise curiosity in a childcare agency.

Akshata Murty, the daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, is listed as a shareholder in Koru Children Ltd which is more likely to profit from a brand new pilot scheme introduced within the Spring Funds earlier this month to incentivise individuals to turn out to be childminders.

Whereas 10 Downing Avenue has said that Prime Minister Sunak had adopted the UK’s ministerial code on the matter, the Opposition has known as for additional explanations.