{"id":122577,"date":"2023-12-16T18:59:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/?p=122577"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:59:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:59:55","slug":"rishi-sunak-diverted-raf-jet-to-fly-him-to-rome-and-we-paid-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/world-news\/rishi-sunak-diverted-raf-jet-to-fly-him-to-rome-and-we-paid-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak diverted RAF jet to fly him to Rome \u2013 and we paid for it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a taxpayer-funded RAF jet to fly to a political festival, sources have claimed.<\/p>\n

Downing Street confirmed that the jet was flown empty from London to Teeside, while the Prime Minister took a train to campaign in a marginal seat near his home. Sunak visited Yarm in Stockton South, trying to mend fences after Home Secretary James Cleverly allegedly called nearby Stockton North a "s***hole", the Mirror reports.<\/p>\n

The Ministerial code prohibits the PM from using government planes for party business or constituency visits unless time is critical and the only extra cost is for additional landing and take-off. In this case, the jet flew to Durham on Friday afternoon, stayed overnight, and picked up Sunak on Saturday morning for his flight to Rome, incurring extra costs for the RAF crew's overnight stay.<\/p>\n

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The Prime Minister has been under fire for his expensive private air travel, often paid for by Tory donors or taxpayers. Earlier this year, he used a private jet to attend political events and the \u00a336,500 cost was covered by Tory donor Akhil Tripathi. Recently, it was revealed that a company owned by a major Tory donor paid \u00a316,000 for a helicopter for Rishi Sunak's campaign visit in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

Labour Party Chairwoman, Anneliese Dodds, said: "We know all about the Prime Minister's addiction to private air travel, but in the past, he has usually been careful not to ask the taxpayer to foot the bill when he is using his fleet of private jets and luxury helicopters to travel to political events. That makes it all the more surprising and inexplicable on this occasion that he should send an empty taxpayer-funded RAF jet to wait while he went campaigning in a marginal seat one day, and then fly him to a far-right political festival in Rome the next.<\/p>\n

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