Labour to hold crunch talks on future of £28bn green investment plan
by Kiran Stacey Political correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6HZXZ)
Sources say no decisions taken but Keir Starmer could abandon plan if it is deemed damaging to election chances
Senior Labour officials are to hold crunch meetings on the future of the party's pledge to spend 28bn a year on green investment, amid reports Keir Starmer is preparing to ditch the entire plan.
Party sources said on Friday that officials would meet in the coming days to discuss the green prosperity plan, which would see a Labour government spend 28bn on environmental schemes each year by the second half of the next parliament.
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