• King accused of environmental hypocrisy and wasting taxpayer money.
• He forced four ministers to fly 400 miles for a meeting.
• Meeting was to appoint new Net Zero Minister.
King Charles faced criticism last night for summoning four Cabinet Ministers – including the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt – to his private mansion in Scotland for a taxpayer-funded meeting. The meeting was to formally appoint the new Net Zero Minister in charge of cutting carbon emissions, raising questions of environmental hypocrisy and wasting taxpayers’ money.
Former Lib Dem MP Norman Baker, himself a Privy Council member, said the King’s decision to host the meeting in Scotland “drives a coach and horses through any claim he has to be interested in the environment”. He added that it was “an outrageous waste of money by King Charles”.
The Mail has the full story.
The King is being accused of environmental hypocrisy and wasting taxpayer money for flying in ministers to his Scottish mansion… to discuss climate change. The Mail has the story.
The King was facing criticism last night for forcing four Cabinet Ministers – including the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt – to fly 400 miles to his private mansion in Scotland for a taxpayer-funded meeting.
He was accused of an “outrageous waste of money” and climate hypocrisy because the meeting was held partly to formally appoint the new Net Zero Minister in charge of cutting carbon emissions.
Mr. Hunt, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Privy Council President Penny Mordaunt and Energy and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho all flew on the same plane to Ayrshire for the Privy Council meeting on Friday at taxpayers’ expense. …
Former Lib Dem MP Norman Baker, himself a Privy Council member, said the King’s decision to host a meeting of the council in Scotland “drives a coach and horses through any claim he has to be interested in the environment”, adding: “This is an outrageous waste of money by King Charles.”
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