The British taxpayer spent almost £30,000 sending Labour’s Climate Minister to South America, where she enjoyed a full-day hike. Enjoy the jollies while you can…
Katie White went to Chile and Argentina at the end of March. Guido’s FOI Unit has obtained the full itinerary and costs from the government…
The minister, her private secretary, a policy official, and a press officer were all flown out for the trip with flight costs totalling £27,582.38. It was business class for everyone on the long-haul flights – including the press officer, who cost more on flights (£7,217) than the minister herself (~£6,131). Alongside medical and food costs the bill runs to a grand total of £27,582.38…
The glacier day hike was the only activity on Monday 23 March. The entire day’s itinerary is: travel to glacier, meet one person, do media, hike, film, come home. The deliverable for the glacier visit is literally listed as “climate-impact visuals, comms assets and a stakeholder map.” A whole day for social media content…
Every other “deliverable” is a meeting about having a meeting: “agreed officials-level exchange,” “scoping note for a joint abatement initiative,” “invitation to a UK-hosted technical workshop.“ Could have been a Zoom call…
Tuesday 24th included a tour of Quilapilún Park as well as a copper mine – which makes two days of walking around. No post-visit report has been produced nearly two months after the trip. It wouldn’t be long would it…
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Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”