UK ministers meet climate change deniers ‘all the time’, government says

Admission comes after business secretary met with controversial US think-tank

Rishi Sunak with chancellor Jeremy Hunt, business secretary Kemi Badenoch, and other members of his cabinet (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

UK government ministers hold meetings with climate deniers "all the time", a government spokesperson has said.

The admission comes after it emerged that business secretary Kemi Badenoch dined with lobbyists from a controversial US think-tank.

Ms Badenoch met representatives of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in November, an investigation by the website OpenDemocracy established.