Alternatively, Sunak could have taken the 8.35am train, which arrived at 9.50am. He landed at Southampton airport at 9.47am, according to flight records, for his visit to a pharmacy in the city, which began about half an hour later. The latest helicopter trip left RAF Northolt at 8.53am on Tuesday before landing at Wellington Barracks in Westminster, where it picked up Sunak after he finished a cabinet meeting at 9.15am. In February, he returned to London from Dorset by helicopter and then flew back to Cornwall the next morning for a joint press conference with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. In recent months, Sunak has made several helicopter trips to his constituency in North Yorkshire, although these were privately funded. The prime minister told reporters in Southampton that last week’s local elections – during which the Conservative party lost more than 1,000 council seats, worse than their lowest expectations – were “obviously disappointing” but insisted his priorities were right for the country. The prime minister’s spokesperson has previously said his travel arrangements made the “most effective use of his time”.īut the helicopter trip is likely to add to the public perception that Sunak, who has a net worth of £730m, is out of touch with everyday concerns. The cost of the helicopter flight to the port city, where Sunak was raised, was believed to have been picked up by the taxpayer.
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