Rishi Sunak accused of ‘extravagance’ after taking private jet to Leeds for NHS visit

Labour urges PM to explain how much was ‘wasted’ on taking jet for ‘photo op’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was pictured using an RAF plane to fly to Leeds on Monday (Henry Nicholls/PA) (PA Wire)

No 10 has defended Rishi Sunak’s choice to fly to Leeds when visiting a healthcare centre, despite its net zero climate change pledge, arguing it was the “most effective use of his time”.

Labour accused the PM of “extravagance” in opting to fly to the city for what the party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner dubbed a “photo op”.

Publicly-funded photos taken by No 10 showed the PM boarding an RAF plane to West Yorkshire, where he spoke with staff and patients at the Rutland Lodge Medical Practice in Chapel Allerton, a suburb of Leeds.