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Will Hayward

Wales' Future Generations Commissioner's jet-setting flights round the world

Wales' outgoing Future Generations Commissioner Sophie Howe racked up over 100,000 air miles during her seven years in the role. Ms Howe jetted off to international gatherings in places like Paris, New York, Hamburg, Vienna, Toronto and Oslo.

Ms Howe, whose role is to hold public bodies and politicians and the long-term impact their decisions have to account, and who recently said there should be a frequent flyer "supertax", has taken 50 flights since she took the job in 2016. Opposition parties have labelled the trips "blatant hypocrisy".

Other destinations included the South Korean capital of Seoul, Sharm el Sheik in Egypt and the World Government Summit in Dubai. If you include the flights of her support staff there were 86 flights, adding up 160,000 miles and 44 tonnes of CO2.

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