Rishi Sunak’s childhood ‘battle’ dwelling has six bedrooms and room for a gymnasium
Rishi Sunak’s childhood home where his family “famously” couldn’t afford Sky TV has six bedrooms, a double garage and room for a gym.
The PM is facing accusations he’s out of touch after he claimed he went without “lots of things” as a child including having loads of television channels.
But now it has emerged that his family lived in a big house in a well-to-do cul-de-sac in Southampton. Mr Sunak’s parents moved to the property in 1981, a year after he was born.
A floor plan from when the house was up for sale five years ago shows that the master bedroom has an ensuite bathroom and walk-in wardrobe. As well as six bedrooms, there is a room that can either be used as a study or a gym. There are balconies at the front and back of the property.
In an ITV interview, Mr Sunak laughed awkwardly as he was questioned on whether he understands the struggles facing ordinary families. Asked what he had gone without in his life he said “lots of things because my parents wanted to put everything into our education and that was a priority”.
Pushed on what sort of things had to be sacrificed, he could only say: “Lots of things.” He then laughed. Pressed to give an example he said: “All sorts of things like lots of people. There’ll be all sorts of things that I would’ve wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have. Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually.”
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Mr Sunak, 44, attended one of the country’s most expensive boarding schools, Winchester College. He and his wife Akshata Murty are the richest inhabitants of Downing Street in history. Their combined £651million fortune put them above the King on the list of the wealthiest people in the country.
Mr Sunak is the eldest of three siblings. His father was a GP and his mother ran her own pharmacy.
The Mirror revealed yesterday that the Treasury blocked plans to give poorer kids laptops so they could keep learning at the start of lockdown when Mr Sunak was Chancellor.
The PM on Wednesday insisted he had “absolutely not” lost hope of winning the General Election.
