Tory chaos under Sunak has cost UK taxpayers £8.2bn, says Labour

Calculation includes policy U-turns, reshuffles, wasted time and expenses such as scrapped HS2 leg and VIP' helicopter rides

Conservative turmoil under Rishi Sunak has cost the taxpayer 8.2bn and nearly a year in lost time, according to calculations by Labour's political attack team.

On Tuesday the Labour party unveiled a website and a bill totting up the cost of ministerial reshuffles, policy U-turns, byelections and unnecessary ministerial expenses incurred under Sunak's premiership.