Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, reportedly shelled out more than £10,000 to fly by private helicopter to attend a glitzy Tory dinner in Wales. The multi-millionaire MP paid the sum out of his own pocket for a return flight from Battersea heliport to the Conservative conference in Newtown, Powys, according to reports.
Labour, in response, called him 'out of touch' with voters, with shadow financial secretary James Murray saying Mr Sunak should 'start paying attention to the problem most families face - soaring bills and rising prices'.
The Chancellor and his wife, Akshata Murty, made the Sunday Times Rich List for the first time this week with their joint £730 million fortune. He suffered a major political blow after it emerged last month that his wife was non-domiciled for tax purposes - meaning she had avoided millions of pounds in UK tax.
