Andy Burnham boasted about Britain’s wind farm boom today ahead of jetting off to Turkey for a climate summit.
The PM hailed a £12billion investment in two major projects off the Norfolk coast as he prepares to head for the COP31 gathering.
But the sight of around 100,000 delegates massing for the UN talking shop will spark fresh complaints about hypocrisy.
Mr Burnham is the only G7 leader going, with France‘s Emmanuel Macron, Italy‘s Giorgia Meloni and Canada‘s Mark Carney all skipping the summit. Donald Trump is not even sending officials after pulling out of the Paris Agreement.
The premier’s trip comes despite mixed
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