PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak has come under fire for spending millions of taxpayers' money on his fee-paying former Hamsphire school while Southampton school leavers struggle. 

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the Houses of Parliament this morning, Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer questioned Mr Sunak during a heated debate about schools standards.

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He said: "Winchester College has a rowing club, a rifle club and an art collection. They charge over £45,000 a year in fees.

"Why did he hand them nearly £6 million of taxpayers' money this year?

"Just down the road in Southampton, and he'll know this, four in every ten pupils failed their English or Maths GCSE this year.

"Is that £6 million of taxpayers' money better spent on rifle ranges in Winchester or driving up standards in Southampton."

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Rishi Sunak, who grew up in Southampton and was head boy at Winchester College, responded: "Whenever he attacks me about where I went to school, he attacks the hard-working aspirations of millions of people in this country. He's attacking people like my parents.

"This is a country that believes in opportunity, not resentment."

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