Rishi Sunak confirms he will attend Cop27 after earlier saying he would not go – UK politics live

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that he will attend the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt next week.

This is not unexpected – there have been hints from No 10 over recent days that he would attend – but it still counts as U-turn. Last week Downing Street said that he would not be going because he had “other pressing domestic commitments”.