Virtue-signalling Burnham boasts of wind farm boom as he jets off to COP climate 'talking shop' in Turkey… but every other G7 leader skips summit

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The PM hailed a £12billion investment in two major projects off the Norfolk coast as he prepares to head for the COP31 gathering.

Published: 08:16 GMT, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 08:44 GMT, 11 November 2026

Andy Burnham boasted about Britain's wind farm boom today ahead of jetting off to Turkey for a climate summit.

The PM hailed a £12billion investment in two major projects off the Norfolk coast as he prepares to head for the COP31 gathering.

But the sight of around 100,000 delegates massing for the UN talking shop will spark fresh complaints about hypocrisy.

Mr Burnham is the only G7 leader going, with France's Emmanuel Macron, Italy's Giorgia Meloni and Canada's Mark Carney all skipping the summit. Donald Trump is not even sending officials after pulling out of the Paris Agreement.

The premier's trip comes despite mixed signals coming out of the Government over Net Zero policy.

De facto deputy PM Louise Haigh had been due to chair a Cabinet committee to water down EV targets today, but the meeting has been delayed until tomorrow amid concerns that the move would leak and embarrass Mr Burnham.

Plans for the UK's largest solar farm on Oxfordshire's Blenheim Estate have also been blocked by ministers.

Andy Burnham boasted about Britain's wind far boom today ahead of jetting off to Turkey for a climate summit

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