Sunak Has Grid Upgraded To Heat His Home As Energy Costs Close Public Pools
The Independent|March 13, 2023
Rishi Sunak is believed to have paid for his local electricity network to be upgraded so it can accommodate a private heated swimming pool at his home.
Adam Forrest
Sunak Has Grid Upgraded To Heat His Home As Energy Costs Close Public Pools

Reports of the upgrade come as MPs raised concerns that soaring energy bills have led to the closure or reduction in opening hours at an estimated 350 public swimming pools.

The construction of the prime minister's pool at his home in Richmond, north Yorkshire, involved extra equipment to boost capacity from the national grid. Mr Sunak will have to pay tens of thousands of pounds for the upgrade work connecting the pool at the grade II-listed Georgian manor in his constituency, The Guardian reported.

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