Starmer ‘unwavering’ over Labour green pledge despite claims party dropping it
by Ben Quinn Political correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6JDHN)
Labour leader says 28bn green investment desperately needed' after sources said last week Labour were planning to ditch policy
Keir Starmer has said Labour's policy pledge to spend 28bn a year on green investment is desperately needed," as he re-opened an issue that has become a source of tension in the party.
Starmer and the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, were planning to ditch the pledge, party sources had said as recently as last week, while the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury all but confirmed the move a day later.
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