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Sophie Wingate and Sami Quadri

Gove defends Sunak after PM criticised for Cop27 snub

Michael Gove has been reappointed as Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary (James Manning/PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

Michael Gove has defended Rishi Sunak after the Prime Minister’s snub of the Cop27 summit was criticised as “disgraceful”.

The Cabinet minister insisted the Government will “field the strongest possible team” for the United Nations climate summit in Egypt next month, after the Prime Minister pulled out citing domestic challenges.

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