DESNZ says it makes “zero apologies” for splashing almost £30,000 of taxpayers’ cash to send Labour’s Climate Minister Katie White to South America on a hiking trip, as reported on these pixels yesterday. A spokesman told Guido:
“We make zero apologies for working with countries to tackle the climate crisis – the biggest long-term threat Britain faces.
“Minister White, in her role as the UK’s climate minister, championed our world leading clean energy sector to create further opportunities for British businesses in Chile.
“She also joined scientists and conservationists to see first-hand the immediate impacts of the climate crisis which are being felt all over the world, including in the UK.”
A reminder of White’s itinerary for the day of the glacier hike: travel to glacier, meet one person, do media, hike, film, come home. Everyone flew business class. “Zero apologies”…
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.”