CONTROVERSIES
The couple’s wealth has hurt Sunak politically in the past, with critics saying he could not possibly understand the pain that inflation is causing to the man on the street.
He has also faced public anger over his wife’s tax status. As an Indian citizen, Ms Murthy is eligible for so-called “non-domiciled” status in Britain, which allowed her to avoid paying UK taxes on the millions she earned abroad.
She eventually agreed to start paying extra taxes to relieve pressure on Sunak, saying she did not want this to be “a distraction for my husband or to affect my family”.
Sunak himself was at the centre of controversy when he was fined for breaking COVID-19 lockdown rules in June 2020, when he attended a birthday gathering for then-prime minister Boris Johnson.
Sunak, who was finance minister then, apologised but rejected calls to quit.
RECORD RISE
Sunak’s rise - from MP to prime minister in seven years - is also a record-breaking one, in modern times.
Cameron did the same in nine years. The 18th-century leader Pitt the Younger holds the overall record of two years.
Sunak entered parliament in 2015 as MP for Richmond in North Yorkshire, and served as a junior minister in former prime minister Theresa May's government.
He was then made chief secretary to the Treasury by her successor Johnson, before being promoted to chancellor in February 2020.
Notwithstanding the flouting of lockdown curbs to party with his boss at the time Johnson, it was also during the pandemic when Sunak's popularity soared, as he unveiled support measures worth £350 billion to help Britons weather the storm.
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