The gifts at Winchester College – which have placed him in a special “benefactors” club – are revealed in the school’s latest .3 43,335-a-year magazine in Hampshire. Mr Sunak’s spokesman said the cash was intended to “help fund scholarships for children who would not otherwise be able to go to Winchester”. But donations are being unveiled amid ongoing criticism of public school funding, which has plummeted since the Conservatives took power in 2010. This means that private schools now spend almost twice as much money per student as those in the public sector – despite the amount being almost the same when Labor left office. The prestigious Institute for Financial Studies has warned that the extra 44 44 billion for public schools by 2024 will bring spending back to its 2010 level. “Although this will reverse the previous cuts, it will mean 15 years without an overall increase in spending. “This squeezing of school resources is virtually unprecedented in the post-war history of the United Kingdom,” he warned recently. Mr. Sunak is a millionaire on his own, while his wife Akshata Murthy is the daughter of a billionaire who founded technology consulting firm Infosys. The couple owns a property in California and last week it was revealed that the chancellor has four cars – instead of the mediocre family hatchback he said he drives. Mr Sunak also introduced a smart 180 180 mug, which allows him to set an accurate consumption temperature for his coffee for up to three hours. More seriously, his wife was accused of receiving “blood money” in dividends from a family company that initially refused to leave Russia, despite Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Mr. Sunak’s donations put him in the “Wykeham Benefactors” club, the name given to the old boys by William of Wykeham, the bishop and lord chancellor who founded the school in 1382. “Risi and his wife have donated to numerous charities and charities for many years and will continue to do so,” said a spokesman. “These donations are made to help fund scholarships for children who would not otherwise have the opportunity to go to Winchester.” The chancellor was criticized for last month’s mini-budget, in which he rejected calls for further assistance to families in favor of saving a pre-election war chest for tax cuts. The Labor Party has announced plans to end the charitable status of private schools by deducting an annual VAT exemption of 1, 1.6 billion. “The Labor Party will end Rishi Sunak’s tax exemption on its old boys’ network and use the money to improve every public school,” said education spokeswoman Bridget Phillipson.
