Overview

• Michael Shanks told MPs that details of internal UK flights are not published under successive administrations’ practice
• Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho accused Miliband of enforcing costly net zero measures while hiding his own taxpayer-funded flights
• Government records show the Department for Energy and Net Zero spent £44,000 on domestic flights for ministers and officials between July and December last year
• Taxpayers’ Alliance analysis indicates Miliband spent £62,712 on overseas travel in his first six months compared with £6,155 by his Conservative predecessor
• Media reports estimate Miliband logged at least 44,600 air miles since July 2024, generating roughly 54.2 tons of carbon emissions