Rishi Sunak boarded the helicopter after a cupboard assembly.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a helicopter to fly to Southampton from London and again, a journey that will take simply over an hour on practice. The Guardian stated that is the newest instance of fondness for short-distance air journey of Mr Sunak, who has earlier too confronted criticism for taking publicly-funded flights across the nation. The Prime Minister took the helicopter trip to go to a pharmacy in Southampton to advertise considered one of his well being insurance policies. Downing Street confirmed the flight was funded by taxpayers’ cash however defended the transfer.

The Guardian stated that as an alternative of taking a practice from the Waterloo station for the 160-mile (257 kilometres) spherical journey, which might have price 30 kilos (Rs 3,105), Mr Sunak opted to journey by air. The outlet stated a flight on the identical route would have price 6,000 kilos (Rs 6.21 lakh).

The helicopter journey is probably going so as to add to the general public notion that the UK Prime Minister, who has a web price of 730 million kilos (Rs 7,556 crore), is out of contact with folks’s points.

Politico quoted Mr Sunak’s spokesperson as saying that there’s “a lot of pressure” on him after he took the helicopter trip as an alternative of selecting to go by practice.

Speaking to reporters, the spokesperson stated the PM had “a series of meetings” within the afternoon that he wanted to attend, and stated his transport plans “will vary depending on his time and where he’s going to make the best use of both his time and in the interest of the taxpayer”.

Mr Sunak’s helicopter go to comes every week after his Conservative Party misplaced greater than 1,000 council seats in native elections. Speaking about it, the Prime Minister had advised reporters that the outcomes have been “obviously disappointing” however insisted his priorities have been proper for the nation.

In latest months, Mr Sunak has made a number of helicopter journeys to his constituency in North Yorkshire, though these have been privately funded.