Helicopter Cash: Rishi Sunak's Reliance on Taxpayer-Funded Air Travel Exposed – and the Conservative Donors who Fund his Trips and Benefit From Huge Government Contracts

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Helicopter Cash: Rishi Sunak's Reliance on Taxpayer-Funded Air Travel Exposed – and the Conservative Donors who Fund his Trips and Benefit From Huge Government Contracts

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spent over £1.4 million of taxpayers’ money on foreign air travel using private planes between taking office on 25 October 2022 and 31 December 2023, according to the Government’s most recent figures. That total of £1,409,961 spent on official trips to places like Rome, Dubai and Washington includes over £1,284,000 on a UK Government-funded Airbus A321 aircraft and over £125,000 for RAF transport.    The Government ha…