Firefighters and others on the climate frontline need Labour to be bolder | Matt Wrack

The party talks loudly about the need for a green economic recovery with workers at its heart, but its policies fall short

This week, the government announced a so-called green industrial revolution", with the slogan and some watered-down policies lifted straight out of Labour's 2019 manifesto. With a 12bn investment pledge that Labour believes includes just 4bn of new money, it was rightly characterised by Ed Miliband as a disappointment". But the same could be said of the latest iteration of Labour's own environmental plans.

At last year's Labour conference in September, at the climax of a long summer of climate action, members voted in favour of a motion to set ambitious target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2030; public ownership of key industries and utilities to deliver a war-like mobilisation to respond to the crisis; and the repeal of anti-trade-union laws to ensure a just transition with workers at its heart.

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