Rishi publishes his six-figure tax bill

It’s a good day to bury bad news. After months of stalling, No. 10 have chosen today of all days to publish Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited tax bill – slap bang in the middle of Boris Johnson’s evidence session at the Privileges Committee. The records show he paid more than £1million in UK tax over the previous three financial years. Cha ching!

Sunak first made the pledge to publish these returns during his initial unsuccessful campaign to be Tory leader last summer. He is one of the richest MPs in the current parliament, with Labour showing little reticence in using Sunak’s wealth as a political attack line. And today’s disclosures will only encourage the Starmer army further, with tax records showing that Sunak earned £4.7 million in total over the previous three financial years, when income and capital gains are taken into account. Indeed, in the last financial year alone the Prime Minister earned more than £1.9