Rishi Sunak will not go to COP27 climate summit next month
On Wednesday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the BBC that he would like to see both the PM and King Charles in attendance. Now it looks like neither will be there.
The Egyptian organisers will likely be furious at this turn of events - and it will not augur well for the conference if the leaders of one of the world's leading lights in taking action on climate can't prioritise travelling to the gathering. Last year's Glasgow summit was attended by then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as well as Mr Sunak when he was chancellor.
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