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The prime minister has reversed an earlier decision not to go to the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt.
No 10 had said Rishi Sunak was too busy preparing for the 17 November budget to attend the event which opens on Sunday.
But the decision had been widely criticised by environmentalists, opposition parties and climate adviser Alok Sharma.
On Tuesday, former prime minister Boris Johnson confirmed he would attend Cop27 in Sharm El Sheikh.
Many world leaders including US President Joe Biden and France's Emmanuel Macron are due to go to the 27th meeting of the Conference Of the Parties (COP).
Mr Sunak's predecessor Liz Truss had been set to go when she was PM and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will also be at the event.
Yesterday, Mr Sunak's official spokesman said "significant progress" was being made on the financial statement.
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