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Labour Cancels Rishi Sunak's 'Grossly Wasteful' £40m VIP Helicopter Contract
Labour has cancelled Rishi Sunak’s £40m VIP helicopter contract, according to reports. As first reported by the Guardian and The Sun, PM Keir Starmer and his defence secretary John Healey have dropped the “grossly wasteful” service. But former Tory ...
Starmer cancels Sunak's £40m helicopter contract
The prime minister has scrapped a government helicopter contract - thought to be worth £40m. Rishi Sunak was criticised for his use of helicopters during his time in No 10. The contract was set to be renewed, but is now being scrapped by Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence.
Private helicopter service favoured by Rishi Sunak being scrapped by Labour to save taxpayers £40m
THE private helicopter service favoured by Rishi Sunak is being scrapped by Labour to save taxpayers £40million, The Sun can reveal. New Defence Secretary John Healey pulled the plug on the “grossly wasteful” chopper contract used to whisk senior ...
Keir Starmer scraps Rishi Sunak's £40million 'VIP helicopter service' contract
Keir Starmer has scrapped a "wasteful" £40million helicopter that was used to ferry Rishi Sunak to events. Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence will not renew the contract for two aircraft after Mr Sunak was heavily criticised for his use of ...
Starmer scraps £40m private helicopter contract used by Rishi Sunak
The former PM was criticised for taking choppers to parts of the country that were easily accessibly by train.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer cancels Rishi Sunak's £40M helicopter contract
Rishi Sunak used RAF jets and helicopters for domestic flights more often than the previous three UK prime ministers.
Keir Starmer scraps Rishi Sunak's £40m government-funded helicopter contract
Rishi Sunak's government helicopter is getting the chop as Sir Keir Starmer plans to scrap the £40 million contract. The former prime minister was regularly criticised during his premiership for using government-funded helicopters to fly within the UK instead of opting for cheaper and more eco-friendly options.
Starmer to end £40m helicopter contract in break from Sunak era
Former PM and ministers drew criticism for the VIP flights Labour says were ‘symbol of their government’
Labour scraps £40m private helicopter service favoured by Rishi Sunak
In 2023, Mr Sunak reversed an initial decision to stop leasing the two Agusta Westland helicopters. But according to The Sun, Mr Healey has since decided not to renew the £40m contract, with a government source saying it “became a symbol” of the previous government.
Liz Truss secretly mocked Rishi Sunak with ‘Russhi’ nickname for not doing enough to oppose Putin
Liz Truss secretly mocked Rishi Sunak as “Russhi Sunak”, accusing him of not doing enough to oppose Vladimir Putin in respect ...
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Labour's plot to hike taxes proves Rishi Sunak was right all along, says Ross Clark
How the Labour party squealed when the then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed during the election that it had a secret plan to hit households with £2,000 worth of tax rises over four years. It was ...
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Rishi Sunak opens new entrance to site of Wensleydale firm
THE MP for Richmond and Northallerton has opened a new entrance to the site of one of Wensleydale’s biggest employers ...
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Rishi Sunak’s speech in the rain has become a strange obsession for political nerds
A week into the campaign and many political commentators still seem strangely fixated on the ‘optics’ of Rishi Sunak’s election date announcement and the fact he got a bit wet in the rain, rather ...
Sunak-Era Crackdown Causes Sharp Fall in UK Health Worker Visas
A crackdown by former UK premier Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government triggered a sharp drop in the number of visas issued ...
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Tory leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat pledges to commit to an annual net migration cap of 100,000 if he replaces Rishi Sunak
The shadow security minister pledged, if he becomes the next Conservative leader, the party would commit to such a cap. He ...