Posted 12/16/2023, 5:26:00 PM
Sunak Faces Backlash Over RAF Jet Used for Personal Travel
- Sunak diverted an RAF jet to pick him up after a political event in Teesside and fly him to a conference in Rome, apparently breaching ministerial code
- The jet flew empty from London to Durham to wait overnight before collecting Sunak, incurring extra costs
- Sunak normally uses donor-funded private jets for political travel to avoid using taxpayers' money
- Labour condemned Sunak's use of an RAF jet given his "addiction to private air travel"
- No10 claimed Sunak's use of the jet was approved by the Cabinet Office, but the ministerial code bans diverting planes for political events