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Rishi Sunak was accused of behaving like an 'A-List celebrity' today as he apparently used the RAF to fly 250 miles to northern England to promote Government help for deprived areas.
A posh air force jet reserved for VIPs flew this morning from RAF Northolt in north west London to Blackpool, the closest airport to Morecambe, where the PM is expected to speak later.
No10 declined to discuss his travel plans for security reasons but if confirmed it would be his third use of an RAF aircraft in the past 10 days to parts of Britain with mainline train links to London.
He flew to Edinburgh to see Nicola Sturgeon and Leeds to visit an NHS unit for a photo op last week.
The 41-minute journey today would allow him to avoid using the Abellio West Coast Mainline train service, which has been much criticised in recent months for horrific performance and punctuality. An 8.30am train from Euston could get him to Morecambe at 1025 if running on time.
Labour attacked the flight cost at a time when ordinary families are under financial pressure from soaring bills.
Number 10 posted pictures online last week showing the PM boarding the French-made executive jet, which can carry 14 people, to visit Leeds
A posh air force jet reserved for VIPs flew this morning from RAF Northolt in north west London to Blackpool, the closest airport to Morecambe, where the PM is expected to speak later.
A Labour spokeswoman said: 'Rishi Sunak isn't even trying to hide these recklessly expensive habits anymore.
'Jetting around the country on taxpayers money like an A-list celeb rather than catching a train like the rest of us is simply absurd.'
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