Overview
- New Cabinet Office data shows the Prime Minister’s foreign travel has cost £4.2 million for 39 trips since he took office.
- The final quarter of 2025 accounted for eight journeys costing £1.4 million, reflecting a late‑year surge in overseas activity.
- A government‑plane trip to the UN climate summit in Brazil cost £413,769 with 29 officials, the India trade mission by commercial flight cost £341,680, and the G20 visit to South Africa came to £368,040.
- Opponents, including the TaxPayers’ Alliance and Conservative figures, accuse Sir Keir Starmer of hypocrisy given Labour’s past attacks on ministerial travel costs.
- Downing Street says the travel met security needs and diplomatic goals and claims it helped secure inward investment and jobs for the UK.