 Shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband accused the PM of being on the side of fossil fuel giants ( PA) After taking over from Ms Truss this week the new PM said he will be 'too busy' to go to next month's COP27 climate summit in Egypt – which it is believed his predecessor had planned to attend. He has reportedly upheld her advice to the King not to go, and has axed COP president Alok Sharma 's seat in Cabinet. Lib Dem climate spokesman Wera Hobhouse said:){kind=link}
Donations from supporters with links to oil and gas helped fund new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Ready4Rishi leadership campaign – as he says he’s too busy to attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt
Donors with fossil fuel links helped fund Rishi Sunak’s race for No 10. Over a quarter of the £530,000 donated to the new Prime Minister this year was from supporters with interests in oil, gas and aviation.
It raised fresh questions over Mr Sunak’s commitment to tackling climate change and put his refusal to attend COP27 next month under the spotlight.
Shadow Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband blasted: ” Rishi Sunak is on the side of the big oil and gas companies, not the British people. We’ve seen it time and again including him refusing a proper windfall tax on the rocketing profits of these energy giants.
“Now he’s missing in from the big international climate meeting. An absent PM choosing to protect the huge profits of big oil and gas firms will never tackle the energy bills and climate crises we face, and will never deliver the energy independence we need.”