UK prime minister Rishi Sunak flew to the nation’s south coast and again by taxpayer funded helicopter journey on Tuesday morning and displayed his fondness for short-distance air journey but once more. The journey would have taken over an hour by practice with a cost of £30 for a return fare, whereas an equal non-public flight prices £6,000 return.

Sunak visited a pharmacy in Southampton to announce authorities plans for chemists to offer prescriptions for tens of millions of sufferers in England, reported the Guardian.

Sunak’s spokesperson has beforehand stated his journey preparations made the “only use of his time”. The spokesman defended the helicopter journey, saying: “His transport will range relying on his time and the place he will make the very best use of each his time and within the curiosity of the taxpayer.

“Clearly there’s numerous strain on his time and he desires to make the best use of that point. Typically having the ability to get to and from locations shortly is helpful.”

The helicopter journey is probably going so as to add to the general public notion that Sunak, who has a web price of £730m, is out of contact with on a regular basis considerations, the outlet reported.

Sunak informed reporters in Southampton that final week’s native elections have been “clearly disappointing” because the Conservative celebration misplaced greater than 1,000 council seats, worse than their lowest expectations – however insisted his priorities have been proper for the nation.

In January, he took a taxpayer-funded non-public jet to Scotland to launch “inexperienced” tax breaks. He additionally used the aircraft to make brief journeys to Blackpool and Leeds, reported the Mirror.