A photograph published by the Treasury shows Rishi Sunak and members of his ministerial team standing on the staircase of No 11 Downing Street, with the Chancellor standing on the top of the stairs.
A member of his team, Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen, who appears to be sitting down or squatting caught the eye of social media users, who were quick to point out the absence of a chair on the photo.
As a result, the Treasury staffer was thought by many to be floating in the air or managing to maintain a very difficult pose for the shoot.
Another motivation for the photograph’s arrangement was said to be the height of the Chancellor, who is 1.7 m tall. Commentators suggested the PR team tried to make Sunak look taller.
The Treasury Flickr account posted more than a dozen of photographs of the Chancellor and the ministerial team preparing for the Budget delivery.