Rishi Sunak’s ‘lavish’ wealth would buy almost 300 million free school meals for children experiencing financial hardship, research shows.
The new prime minister is being urged to take measures that would provide billions of pounds to help the poorest in society at a time when the winter is expected to intensify the cost of living crisis.
A Labour MP’s figures show that the estimated £730 million fortune he has amassed along with his wife, Akshata Murthy, would buy 298,755,187 meals based on published government costs.
The numbers were revealed as the cost of living crisis continues to escalate, with official figures showing huge year-on-year leaps in the price of basic goods such as tea, chips and pasta.
Mr Sunak, who has acknowledged the ‘profound’ challenges facing the nation, which also include soaring fuel bills, is under pressure from campaigners to do more to ease the burden on ordinary people.