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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

Rishi Sunak spends £500,000 of taxpayers’ cash on focus groups ‘to repair his image’

Reuters

Rishi Sunak is spending a further £500,000 of taxpayers’ cash on focus groups and polling, new Treasury contracts reveal, sparking a claim that he is trying to “repair his image”.

Researchers have been hired to carry out two focus groups and one national online poll each week until February 2023 – taking the total outlay over two years to more than £1.35m, Labour has said.

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