Rishi Sunak explains how he coped with constant criticism of own wealth when prime minister

Rishi Sunak addresses repeated wealth criticism he received as prime minister.Credit: BBC

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00:00I'm not going to apologise for what my parents did. I'm really proud of what they did.

00:04I'm really grateful for what they did. Actually, I was really grateful for what her parents did.

00:07I think both of us were incredibly lucky to be raised in that environment and obviously

00:13to meet each other. But if people are working hard to build a better life for their families

00:20and are becoming more financially secure as a result of that, I think that is a good thing.

00:24And actually, government should be about supporting those aspirations. I really believe that

00:27to my core. I genuinely think most people in my country probably agree with that,

00:33but I don't think I had enough time to talk about it, probably.