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Cop27: UK PM Sunak to attend climate summit after earlier saying he would not

PM’s office had said he was not expected to go due to ‘pressing domestic commitments’

Then-chancellor Rishi Sunak holding at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow in November 2021. He has announced he will attend Cop27 in Egypt next week. Photograph: PA Images
Then-chancellor Rishi Sunak holding at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow in November 2021. He has announced he will attend Cop27 in Egypt next week. Photograph: PA Images
Wed Nov 02 2022 - 11:20 • 2 MIN READ

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