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Rishi Sunak diverted RAF jet to pick him up after political event and take him to Rome
16.12.2023 - 19:43 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Rishi Sunak diverted an RAF jet to take him to a far-right political festival, The Mirror has reported. The Prime Minister used the taxpayer-funded aircraft to head to Rome.
Downing Street confirmed while Sunak travelled to Teeside via train to campaign in a marginal seat near his home, the jet flew there from London. He visited the village of Yarm in Stockton South, in a bid to repair the damage caused by claims his Home Secretary, James Cleverly had branded nearby Stockton North a ’s***hole’.
The Ministerial code only allows government planes to be diverted for journeys "to or from party business or constituency visits", with exceptions only being made when the time factor is "critical".
Even then, it is only allowed when the only additional cost is "the extra flying time needed to carry out the additional landing and take-off". But in this case, the jet flew to Durham on Friday afternoon and stayed overnight.
It then picked the Prime Minister up on Saturday morning for his flight to Rome. This would incur extra costs for overnight accommodation for the jet’s RAF crew.
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The Prime Minister has faced mounting criticism over his use of costly private air travel - both funded by taxpayers and by Tory donors. He has previously travelled to political events by air.
On those occasions, he has tended to hire private jets or helicopters that are either paid for – or provided by – Conservative donors, to avoid accusations of using taxpayers' money for political purposes.
On April 23 this year, he used an Embraer 500 jet to attend the Scottish and Welsh Conservative Conferences, and later declared that the £36,500 cost of the
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