Labour responds to Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on attending COP27

Ed Miliband MP, Labour's Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary,responding to Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on attending COP27, said:

“The Prime Minister has been shamed into going to COP27 by the torrent of disbelief that he would fail to turn up.

“Rishi Sunak is going to avoid embarrassment not to provide leadership. 

“His initial instinct tells us about all about him: he just doesn't get it when it comes to the energy bills and climate crisis.

“Yet again we see a Prime Minister who only makes decisions for reasons of political management not the national interest.

“If the Prime Minister was really serious he would commit to Labour's plans for a zero carbon power system by 2030, a National Wealth Fund to invest in green jobs and GB Energy - a publicly owned energy generation company to create jobs and wealth in Britain.”