Labour climate envoy racks up 76,000 air miles in eight months
June 17, 2025By Paul Homewood
The Telegraph report on the latest appalling hypocrisy :
Labour’s climate envoy has billed the taxpayer for flying the equivalent of three times the circumference of the Earth, The Telegraph can reveal.
Rachel Kyte travelled by aeroplane on more than a dozen trips since becoming the Government’s top diplomat for net zero in September, despite admitting her carbon footprint was “a source of deep discomfort”.
The majority of Ms Kyte’s flights were business class and have cost taxpayers a total of £38,769, according to a Freedom of Information request made by this newspaper.
Ms Kyte has previously spoken of air travel’s negative impact on the environment and said that partly as a result she has felt personally conflicted about flying at times.
All just crocodile tears, you appalling woman!
If you are so concerned, why are you flying business class? Is sitting next to one of us plebs beneath you?
The Telegraph has already raised questions about her suitability for this job, in an article last year:
A new climate envoy with links to a hedge fund that has donated millions of pounds to Labour has been appointed by the party, it has emerged.
Rachel Kyte has been appointed to the role of UK special representative for climate, which attracted a salary of £130,000 the last time that it was filled.
Ms Kyte also sits on the advisory board of the Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF), which was set up by Quadrature Capital, whose parent company is based in the Cayman Islands.
Last night, Joy Morrissey, the shadow energy minister, wrote to the head of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to demand answers over the appointment.
A Conservative source said: “Yet again Labour is facing accusations of running their Government on a cash for jobs basis.
“They should urgently come clean about the nature of this appointment or finally confirm that cash really is king in Starmer’s new administration.”
Of course, the million dollar question is how much money Ms Kyte’s employers at Quadrature Capital are making out of the climate scam. ...
