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Rishi Sunak strikes £1,000 bet with Piers Morgan - enough to trigger 'binge gambling' affordability check
Rishi Sunak: shook hands on a £1,000 bet with Piers Morgan
It was meant to be a chance to turn the tide of public opinion – instead Rishi Sunak unwittingly highlighted the heavy-handed affordability checks his own government has proposed.
In a TalkTV interview with Piers Morgan on Monday, Sunak was asked if he was prepared to bet £1,000 that migrant deportation flights to Rwanda would take off before the next general election.
Sunak seemed to accept the bet by shaking hands and told Morgan: "I want to get the people on the planes. I'm working incredibly hard to get people on the planes."
Remarkably, though, the level of stake agreed between Sunak and Morgan would be enough to see the loser face an enhanced financial check under the government's proposals if it had been placed with an online bookmaker, having hit the threshold for 'binge gambling' with a net loss of £1,000 in 24 hours.
According to the white paper, an enhanced financial check would assess "whether a customer’s level of spend is likely to be harmful to them", involving a review of their financial data that could include the customer being asked to provide bank statements and P60s.
Rishi Sunak: shook hands on a £1,000 bet with Piers Morgan
It was meant to be a chance to turn the tide of public opinion – instead Rishi Sunak unwittingly highlighted the heavy-handed affordability checks his own government has proposed.
In a TalkTV interview with Piers Morgan on Monday, Sunak was asked if he was prepared to bet £1,000 that migrant deportation flights to Rwanda would take off before the next general election.
Sunak seemed to accept the bet by shaking hands and told Morgan: "I want to get the people on the planes. I'm working incredibly hard to get people on the planes."
Remarkably, though, the level of stake agreed between Sunak and Morgan would be enough to see the loser face an enhanced financial check under the government's proposals if it had been placed with an online bookmaker, having hit the threshold for 'binge gambling' with a net loss of £1,000 in 24 hours.
According to the white paper, an enhanced financial check would assess "whether a customer’s level of spend is likely to be harmful to them", involving a review of their financial data that could include the customer being asked to provide bank statements and P60s.
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Didn't see the interview but sounds like Piers knew exactly what he was doing with the idiot on live TV , wonder if the winner will pay any tax
 You certainly couldn't make it up LC  |
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Bigger Mug Morgan he is still waiting for his Million off that lying pikey Fury after he said he would never step into the Ring again about two Years ago.
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Did they shake on it acey or any other proper agreement ?
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A famous quote is that a verbal agreement is not worth the paper it's written on!
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