Rishi Sunak’s ‘bizarre’ ties to rightwing libertarians highlighted by Labour

Judgment questioned over years spent as director of east London free school later criticised for improper' practices

Rishi Sunak, the frontrunner for the Conservative leadership, was the director of a free school with close links to rightwing libertarian founders, which was found to have multiple financial and safeguarding failings years after his departure.

Labour said there were questions to answer about Sunak's time as a director of the The East London Science school (ELSS), where the former chancellor served from its founding in 2013 until he ran for office in 2015.