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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

Whistleblower reveals how Rishi Sunak’s £500,000 focus groups are bid to ‘improve Tory image’

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A whistleblower says a focus group authorised by Rishi Sunak under a £500,000 taxpayer-funded deal was an attempt to argue the Tory party should not be blamed for the cost of living crisis.

The participant has told The Independent of his “disgust” over what he described as an attempt to frame an argument that the government could not have done more to prevent the crisis.

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