Rishi Sunak's private pool is going well as Brits face bill bomb

New photos show construction is well underway at the Grade II listed gated mansion that Rishi Sunak and his wife bought for £1.5million sterling in 2015. Meanwhile energy bills look set to skyrocket above £4,200 a year

Work is progressing on a new private swimming pool at the home of Rishi Sunak in Yorkshire (

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New photos show Rishi Sunak's lavish private pool is going strong - while Brits face a bill bomb.

The Conservative leadership hopeful and his wife last year won permission to construct a new stone building with a gym, 12m by 5m swimming pool and four showers.

Now the building - complete with a 27m tennis court - is in an advanced stage behind the gated Grade II listed mansion they bought for £1.5m in 2015.

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This comes after we revealed the pool is being increased just as the MP's local baths in Richmond, North Yorkshire, look set to close due to soaring energy bills.

Austin Gordon, chief executive of Richmond Pool, said the bills he was facing were "horrendous" and he would be forced to close, like thousands of others, without help.

Mr. Gordon said, "It's ironic that Rishi has built himself a swimming pool, while his constituents stand to lose theirs."

Mr. Sunak with his wife Akshata Murthy earlier this year (

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The price cap on household energy bills has already reached almost £2,000 a year and is expected to reach £3,600 from October and £4,200 from January.

Mr. Sunak and Akshata Murthy, daughter of an Indian billionaire, were already expected to spend up to £13,000 a year to heat the pool before the October price cap hike.

Built in 1826 in a remote hamlet, their home has a scenic driveway and a large private pond.

No neighbors objected to the pool and the work involved no taxpayer money.

But locals have already denounced the decision, the trader, who was tidying up his stall, told us: "It's shameful. They should fill it with mud."