Rishi Sunak has electricity grid upgraded to heat his private pool

PM will pick up cost of upgrade work in North Yorkshire, and no suggestion he received preferential treatment

Rishi Sunak’s new private heated swimming pool uses so much energy that the local electricity network had to be upgraded to meet its power demands, the Guardian has been told.

While many Britons are facing increased electricity bills – and are trying to limit their energy usage – extra equipment was recently installed in a remote part of North Yorkshire to provide extra capacity from the National Grid to the prime minister’s constituency home.