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Cabinet Office Data Lists £60,130 Lionesses Final Flight and £169,412 Washington Trip for PM

The disclosure has revived criticism of Labour’s pre‑election vow to limit use of government aircraft.

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Sir Keir Starmer and his wife sat near Prince William and Princess Charlotte for the final

Overview

  • Newly released figures confirm the Prime Minister used the Government Airbus A321 to fly from London to Zurich in July for the Women’s Euros final in Basel, with the one‑night trip costing £60,130 including hotels for him, his wife and 10 No 10 officials.
  • The same Cabinet Office data records a last‑minute journey to Washington DC for a multilateral meeting on Ukraine costing £169,412 for the Prime Minister and officials.
  • A Downing Street spokesman defended the Switzerland trip, calling the Lionesses’ victory a very important national moment and saying it was right the Prime Minister attended.
  • Conservative MP Mike Wood criticised the expenditure as out of touch, highlighting taxpayers funding a £60,000 one‑night football trip on the government jet.
  • Other entries show David Lammy took a £15,027 scheduled flight to the UN summit in New York on behalf of the Prime Minister, while Yvette Cooper used the government plane to the same event at a cost of £164,476.