Boris Johnson to return to Cop26 for one-day visit
by Heather Stewart Political editor from on (#5RQ1P)
PM will travel to Glasgow by train following criticism for flying back to London by private jet last week
Boris Johnson will make a day trip to the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow on Wednesday to urge climate negotiators to pull out all the stops" - travelling by train, after he was criticised for flying back by private jet last week.
The prime minister attended the opening days of the summit with scores of other world leaders before returning to Westminster and leaving the Cop president, Alok Sharma, to oversee the complex negotiations. He will attend on Wednesday but is not set to be in Glasgow at the end of the summit this weekend, as some had expected.
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