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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anna Isaac and Samuel Lovett

How tax revelations turned a leadership bid into survival talks for Rishi Sunak

AP

In January, as the Partygate scandal raged, members of Rishi Sunak’s core team were working out over dinner which jobs they would take when the chancellor became prime minister. There were jokes about changing the interior design of the larger flat at No 11, currently the prime minister’s residence, on WhatsApp.

The copy for the website for his leadership campaign, based on the format of the No 11 newsletter, was ready to go.

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