Lammy is making the most of his gig as Foreign Secretary – especially when it comes to racking up air miles at the taxpayer’s expense. Since taking office he’s already burned through an eye-watering £916,177 on flights. His priciest single trip was jaunt to New Delhi, India, and Vientiane, Laos, which totalled £266,456…
In his first three months alone, Lammy splashed out £891,719 on private air travel – nearly half of what Liz Truss spent during her entire tenure as Foreign Secretary in 2021-2022. That’s £297,239 per month on flying, exactly 77.84% more than Truss spent. Meanwhile Lammy claims climate change is “one of the biggest dangers facing the world”…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”