The story of Rishi Sunak's gaffes, mistakes and offensive comments

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Rishi Sunak entered Number 10 promising "integrity" and promising to fix 30 years of "broken" politics, but in the months since he has been engulfed in a plethora of gaffes, missteps and downright offensive behavior.

These disconcerting encounters have left voters and a significant number of Conservative backbenchers wondering whether the Britain's multimillionaire prime minister is not out of touch with ordinary people.

A Goldman Sachs alumnus and husband of the daughter of "India's Steve Jobs", Mr Sunak entered politics for first time as MP for Richmond, North Yorkshire, after the 2015 general election.

He then moved to the Treasury while Boris Johnson served as Prime Minister, before later entering in Downing Street after the disastrous short tenure of Liz Truss.

During his tenures at Numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street, Mr Sunak managed to accumulate a significant catalog of errors. .

His most recent mistake sparked a fierce backlash after he joked about the “definition of a woman” at housing meetings while the mother of murdered trans teenager Brianna Ghey visited Parliament.

Below, The Independent has rounded up some of the most atrocious gaffes, errors and downright offensive behavior from our current Prime Minister.

Trans jibe in front of mother 'Teenage murder victim

Far from it This is the most offensive thing the Prime Minister has said during his difficult tenure at No 10. The Prime Minister clashed with Sir Keir Starmer in family housing and accused him of being unable to 'define a woman'.

Esther Ghey, the mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey , was in the House of Commons when the mockery was launched as she later met the Labor leader.

Sunak condemned for trans mockery as Brianna Ghey's mother sits in family housing gallery .

MPs were outraged and condemned the Prime Minister for his "cruel" joke, his "shameful" behavior and his use of minorities as a punchline.

Despite strong criticism from across the political spectrum, he refused to apologise, with a Downing Street spokesperson saying his conduct was "legitimate..."