Sir Keir Starmer made quite the entrance when he greeted a group of business representatives at the annual G20 summit. The Prime Minister arrived in Johannesburg in South Africa for the gathering of world leaders today, bringing together the 20 biggest economies globally. However, Sir Keir was filmed walking towards a group of business leaders upon arriving at the summit, when he briefly lost his footing.

In video footage of the slight trip, the Prime Minister can be seen taking a tumble towards the eagerly waiting representatives, before regaining his balance and greeting the businesspeople. Sir Keir faced mounting criticism ahead of the trip for the sheer amount of time he has spent overseas since winning the Election in July last year.

Since taking office, his trip to South Africa to attend the summit is the 45th country he has visited.

However, the Prime Minister has defended his decision to make the long-haul trip just one week before the Chancellor unveils her highly anticipated Budget. He told journalists on the flight over that the international issues planned to be discussed in South Africa will have a direct impact on the UK.

“The G20 are the 20 strongest economies in the world, they are very important to the UK,” he said.

“In the last three years, the jobs that have been generated in the UK from countries in the G20 is 200,000 and that focus in the budget will be very much the economy and the cost of living.

“I will focus on the deals we can do, the business we can do with our partner countries and make sure that the work we do internationally is impacting directly at home in the positive sense, that if you want to deal with the cost of living and make people better off, good, secure jobs with investment from G20 partners and allies is really important.”

The G20 summit also marks the first in the event’s history that a US president has not attended. Donald Trump will not be flying to South Africa, and initially ordered US officials not to travel to the annual meeting.