Rishi Sunak is building his own private pool as local pools face closure
While wealthy Rishi Sunak hopes to make the leap as the new Prime Minister, we can reveal today that things are not looking so good for his poor constituents.
Actually, this is a case where he swims and they sink. Because they are about to lose their popular bathhouse which is set to close due to soaring energy bills.
And meanwhile, their MP is splashing thousands at a new private pool on the grounds of his £1.5million mansion - with the multi-millionaire having no trouble paying a running fee of around £13,000 a year.
Turdy waters in Richmond, North Yorkshire emerge as latest figures show a staggering 79% of community pools across the country are at risk of closure due to the economic crisis.
The vital recreation facility in the heart of Mr Sunak's constituency serves 2,000 people a week, operating as a charitable enterprise. He even proudly visited the swimming pool, which has served the city since 1976.
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PENNSYLVANIA)About 700 children go there every week to learn to swim, either in leisure clubs or as part of school lessons. But now he faces a FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT rise in bills, pushing gas and electricity costs from £63,600 to £315,000 a year - with no prospect of government help.
>Only residential consumers are protected by Ofgem's energy price cap to keep tariffs low; community recreation facilities and schools face the same bills as businesses.
It comes within a week when British Gas owner Centrica announced a fivefold increase in profits, to £1.34 billion.
Austin Gordon, chief executive of Richmond Pool, said the bills he faced were 'horrendous' and he would be forced to close, like thousands of others, without help from the future PM - who lives just 18 miles away with his own pool.
While wealthy Rishi Sunak hopes to make the leap as the new Prime Minister, we can reveal today that things are not looking so good for his poor constituents.
Actually, this is a case where he swims and they sink. Because they are about to lose their popular bathhouse which is set to close due to soaring energy bills.
And meanwhile, their MP is splashing thousands at a new private pool on the grounds of his £1.5million mansion - with the multi-millionaire having no trouble paying a running fee of around £13,000 a year.
Turdy waters in Richmond, North Yorkshire emerge as latest figures show a staggering 79% of community pools across the country are at risk of closure due to the economic crisis.
The vital recreation facility in the heart of Mr Sunak's constituency serves 2,000 people a week, operating as a charitable enterprise. He even proudly visited the swimming pool, which has served the city since 1976.
Picture:
PENNSYLVANIA)About 700 children go there every week to learn to swim, either in leisure clubs or as part of school lessons. But now he faces a FOUR HUNDRED PERCENT rise in bills, pushing gas and electricity costs from £63,600 to £315,000 a year - with no prospect of government help.
>Only residential consumers are protected by Ofgem's energy price cap to keep tariffs low; community recreation facilities and schools face the same bills as businesses.
It comes within a week when British Gas owner Centrica announced a fivefold increase in profits, to £1.34 billion.
Austin Gordon, chief executive of Richmond Pool, said the bills he faced were 'horrendous' and he would be forced to close, like thousands of others, without help from the future PM - who lives just 18 miles away with his own pool.
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