THE British government must go beyond the compromise deal agreed at Cop28 to meet crucial climate targets, campaigners and MPs demanded today.

It came as climate minister Graham Stuart denied that his temporary absence from the climate summit negotiations during its most critical stage meant Britain was not playing a major part in the talks.

Mr Stuart had flown from his Dubai trip to help push through the government’s Rwanda Bill in the House of Commons, which many Tory MPs had threatened to derail.