RISHER THAN ROYALS

RISHI Sunak and his wife have been raking in nearly £1million extra a month since 2020.

- NICK SOMMERLAD

The 134% pay rise for the Prime Minister and heiress Akshata Murty has happened without either of them lifting a finger.

Instead it is thanks to rocketing dividend payouts from the shares she has in her father's firm.

And Mr Sunak has been enjoying higher earnings from his secret investments made during his days as a hedge fund manager.

Our findings will be hard to swallow as the average voter goes to the polls feeling worse off since the last election - the first time this has happened since 1955.

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Average real household disposable income per person has fallen by 1% since 2019, according to the Office for National Statistics.

In comparison, even allowing for inflation, the Sunaks' combined earnings have soared by 88% in real terms since the last election.

Last year their combined wealth overtook that of King Charles.

Jonathan Ashworth, Shadow Paymaster General and Labour's Leicester South candidate, said: "No wonder Rishi Sunak doesn't have a clue what working people go through. He is totally out of touch.

"Under the Tories, taxes on working people have risen to a 70-year high.