The attacks on Rishi Sunak show that Labour and the left know he’s a threat – but they haven’t hurt him yet

The criticism of the chancellor’s blind trust is less than wounding, says John Rentoul

Sunak is the first chancellor to use a blind trust since information was first published in 2009 (EPA)

Abena Oppong-Asare is a rising Labour star. Only elected last year, she was promoted to the front bench two weeks ago, as shadow exchequer secretary, the junior member of Anneliese Dodds’s Treasury team, when Dan Carden resigned after voting against the “spy cops” bill. 

Oppong-Asare went straight to work, being quoted in The Times on Monday about the chancellor’s blind trust: “Rishi Sunak needs to be completely transparent with the public about whether any of the funds he invested in a blind trust are held in offshore tax havens.” 

It was a direct hit, drawing attention to the chancellor’s wealth, and suggesting without actually saying so that there is something not quite right about his personal finances.