Sir Lindsay Hoyle is catching some serious heat over his globe-trotting ways, having clocked up 19 international trips in just two years. But the Speaker of the House of Commons is standing his ground, defending the expensive travel as a necessary part of his role – and not just a luxury jaunt on the taxpayer’s tab.
The 67-year-old has been under scrutiny after it emerged that he spent more than £180,000 on first and business-class flights, along with thousands more on fancy hotels and chauffeur-driven cars since late 2022. Destinations on his travel list include the Cayman Islands, Japan, Qatar, India, and Italy – not your average political commute.
