Rishi Sunak has insisted he isn't contemplating resigning regardless of "spending hours" agonising over the choice after being fined for breaking coronavirus legal guidelines.
The Chancellor didn't rule out having agonised over whether or not to stop after the Metropolitan Police issued him with a fixed-penalty discover over Boris Johnson's birthday gathering.
However Sunak insisted he'll proceed with the identical "vitality and verve I've all the time had for this job" as he leads the response to the cost-of-living disaster.
The MP for Richmond and his spouse Akshata Murty have been slammed in current months after it was revealed she holds non-domiciled standing, permitting her to scale back her UK tax invoice.
Questions have additionally been raised about whether or not he can empathise with a nation struggling with hovering costs after the pair entered The Sunday Occasions Wealthy Listing for the primary time with their joint £730 million fortune.
Requested if he was contemplating resigning, Sunak advised BBC Radio 4's Right now programme: "No.
"I'm totally dedicated to serving to get the nation by what are some difficult months forward and construct a brighter future for the those who I am very privileged to symbolize.
"And as you noticed yesterday I've the identical vitality and verve I've all the time had for this job and I am going to preserve at it."
The Chancellor was this week pictured in Sue Grey's report into Covid breaches when he attended a Cupboard Room gathering for Mr Johnson's 56th birthday in June 2020.
In April, the pair, in addition to the Prime Minister's spouse Carrie Johnson, have been all fined over the occasion.
Sunak reportedly spent hours agonising over whether or not to resign over the transfer, however in the end determined to remain in Downing Road together with Johnson.
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