EXCLUSIVE Rishi Sunak warns Keir Starmer only wants to lower voting age to 16 to 'entrench his power' for years...
as Prime Minister also slams Labour on 'plan for electoral system', Brexit and 'highest taxes in history' By Jason Groves Political Editor Published: 17:14 EDT, 17 June 2024 | Updated: 17:30 EDT, 17 June 2024 e-mail View comments Rishi Sunak 's dislike of Labour 's plan to slap VAT on private-school fees is not just political – it's deeply personal. The Prime Minister famously attended Winchester College, the ancient public school in Hampshire which has produced leading figures in society for centuries. Less famously, his parents had to scrimp and save for years to send him there.
Mr Sunak and his wife regularly grace the pages of the Sunday Times Rich List these days. His parents – first-generation immigrants to this country – very much did not. His father worked all hours as a GP, his mother ran a modest pharmacy in Southampton, where the three Sunak children were also expected to help out.
Scholarships helped, but every spare penny was put towards ensuring the children had the best possible education. 'It was a big stretch,' Mr Sunak says of his middle-class upbringing. 'People like my parents are the people who will be most affected by Labour's change.
Prime Minster Rishi Sunak being interviewed by the Mail's Political Editor Jason Groves (right) on board a train to Doncaster Mr Sunak says people like his parents will be 'most affected' by Labour's chan.
