David Lammy spent more than £ 1 million on private planes in just three months despite the vote of taking energetic measures against the expensive ministerial flights.

The Air Travel Law of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs increased to £ 1.2 million between October and December 2024, and the vast majority was carried out on private flights.

According to the political blog of Guido Fawkes Political, it is equivalent to more than £ 14,000 per day, with the participation of the lion in trips in a ministerial plane, according to the Guido Fawkes political blog.

There is no suggestion that the use of private jets by Lammy is out of Kilter with its predecessors.

However, it runs the risk of a row of hypocrisy for labor ministers, who previously lashed out at conservatives about their own use of private flights.

In October 2023, Rachel Reeves, now the chancellor promised an “offensive in the habit of private aircraft of Tory Ministers” if the work came to power.

She said: “We will fulfill the ministerial code on the use of private aircraft and save millions of pounds for taxpayers in the process.”

Angela Rayner, now Vice Primer Minister, also criticized Liz Truss for using a private plane when he was a secretary of Foreign Affairs, claiming that he showed “exactly so little respect that this conservative government has for the money of taxpayers.”

Labor also described Rishi Sunak, the former prime minister, as “out of contact” after using private planes and helicopters to travel the United Kingdom during the general election campaign.

‘New minimized ministers’

Guido Fawkes reported that Lammy’s expenditure on air trips was £ 1.2 million between October and December last year, approximately one third in the previous period of three months.

Private flights represented most of the bill, with around £ 1.1 million, the website said.