Critics say the PM's choice of taxpayer-funded transport clashes with his climate pledges.
, Mr Sunak said it was "morally right to honour" the UK's promises on reducing carbon emissions.
Air travel accounts for 22% of the UK's total greenhouse gas emissions from transport, and 7% of the UK's total emissions overall. The Labour MP urged the prime minister to "come clean about how much taxpayers' money was wasted on this 36-minute plane journey for a three-hour visit at the height of a cost-of-living crisis".
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