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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot and Anna Bawden

Rishi Sunak’s ‘bizarre’ ties to rightwing libertarians highlighted by Labour

Rishi Sunak.
Rishi Sunak was director of the East London Science school between 2013 and 2015. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters

Rishi Sunak, the frontrunner for the Conservative leadership, was the director of a free school with close links to rightwing libertarian founders, which was found to have multiple financial and safeguarding failings years after his departure.

Labour said there were questions to answer about Sunak’s time as a director of the The East London Science school (ELSS), where the former chancellor served from its founding in 2013 until he ran for office in 2015.

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