Rishi Sunak has denied that his decision not to attend the Cop27 climate summit is a failure of leadership, arguing that the UK has shown ‘unmatched’ leadership on the climate crisis. Sunak said he was ‘very passionate’ and ‘very personally committed’ to the environment.
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Keir Starmer accused the new prime minister of an ‘absolute failure of leadership’ in deciding not to attend the conference, which begins in Egypt next month.
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