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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
John Stevens

Rishi Sunak spends £260,000 of taxpayer cash on bash to woo business after economic chaos

Rishi Sunak’s government spent more than £260,000 of taxpayers’ cash on an event to woo business leaders after the Tories crashed the economy, it can be revealed.

The PM invited around 200 of the country’s “highest profile” chief executives to the gathering in London last month.

The Business Connect event was designed to repair relations as the Conservatives faced criticism for their disastrous handling of the economy.

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