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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rob Merrick

Rishi Sunak to skip crucial Cop27 climate summit in Egypt, No 10 reveals

REUTERS

Rishi Sunak will not attend next month’s crucial Cop27 summit in Egypt, even as hopes of a deal to avoid runaway climate change begin to fade.

Liz Truss was set to go to at least one day of the fortnight-long event – but the new prime minister’s spokesperson said he had “other pressing domestic commitments”

She pointed to the de-facto budget now delayed until 17 November, when the government will unveil huge spending cuts and tax hikes to ease the economic crisis.

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