Rishi Sunak says his parents wanted him to speak without an accent to ‘fit in’

PM says he experienced racism as a child and that his parents sent him for extra drama lessons so that he could ‘speak properly’

Rishi Sunak has spoken about the racism he experienced as a child and how his parents were so determined he should fit in and speak without an accent that he was sent for extra drama lessons.

“You are conscious of being different,” he told the deputy political editor of ITV News, Anushka Asthana. “It’s hard not to be, right, and obviously I experienced racism as a kid.”