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    Sunak hits back at Labour-backing billionaires and is dubbed ‘poundshop Farage’

    by Sophie Wingate Jun 19, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Rishi Sunak has hit back at billionaires abandoning the Tories by saying they “can afford Labour’s tax rises” and refused to rule out working with Nigel Farage after the election.

    In a bruising LBC radio phone-in, the Prime Minister was accused by callers of being a “poundshop Nigel Farage” over his behaviour towards the trans community, and being too rich to relate to food bank users.

    He was asked about John Caudwell, Phones4U founder and a former major Tory donor, and Manchester United co-owner Sir throwing their weight behind Sir Keir

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