Labour U-turn: Keir Starmer ditches £28 billion green policy

This week Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer denied he was scaling back the £28bn a year pledge he said was desperately needed, not least to get the economy growing again.

Rachel Reeves vowed to be Britain's first green chancellor, with an investment plan to tackle the climate crisis without dither or delay.

But today - on the very day it emerged that the world warmed beyond 1.5 degrees celsius over an entire year for the first time - Labour completed a spectacular U-turn.

Starmer has put an end to weeks of confusion over Labour's green spending pledge by announcing he has scrapped it. He said he was "standing down" the commitment because of the "terrible damage" the Tories had done to the economy.

They say they are sticking with the promise to decarbonise all of Britain's energy generation by 2030.

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[ghostcat]

The one thing they have going for them is 'we're not the Tories' but they seem to be absolutely determined to rid themselves of that selling point too

[Greg-qr]

Labour have had the easiest job in politics for years, and they've still screwed it up. Unbelievable. I'm gagging to vote for them, and they still can't give me one, valid reason. And no, saying because they aren't Tory isn't a valid reason.

[jamienash]

The weakest leader labour has ever had. So pathetic

[tatata]

“No one from the Labour Party was available “😂 I bet they weren’t, even they know how indefensible this is.

[greenplanet]

A man with no policy, and certainly no ethical or moral obligation

[Logic-Is-Uncommon]

One thing I'm sure of, I won't be voting Labour or Conservative in the next general election.

We get the same BS year after year because we vote for it; so a shake-up in governance is imperative.

[Ifitwerks]

Don't listen to the public, tell them what they want and force it upon them. No wonder these politicians are becoming despised by either side. whatever the answer is this is unacceptable.

[Dylan-cocl]

Sod, Labour, they're just tories now.

[williamthompson]

Another very good reaon to vote REFORM UK. The only solution to overcome the 2 major, traditional parties who between them have virtually destroyed our once great country over the last few decades.

[jmillsey]

I don't trust either of the uni party.

[MrTzimisces]

Labour 🤝 Tories. They're the same party now

[alexander_strachan]

Labour planned to fund this by borrowing the £28bn. When announced, the Bank of England interest rate was at 0.1%. It's now at 5.25%.

If the main source of funding has since become unviable – through no fault of the Labour Party – what are they supposed to do?

[BigBoiiLeem]

He is really trying to give Sunak a second term, isn't he?

[Coopz]

is there anything labour haven't back tracked on 🤔

[boxtradums]

The red tories ! Pro banker pro private healthcare

[ChrisKeziahHyde]

Another reason why voting for either party is redundant.

They truly have no plan on how to get out of the hole we collectively dug ourselves.

[brianmarshall]

I never believed it anyway, that is a big commitment that he could never fulfil it, no matter how it pleased the left and the greens, never mind e can always blame the Tories for the crashing of the economy.That's politics!

[aye]

He's basically a Tory parading around as a Labour Politician.

[TheWebstaff]

Labour need to be honest.
Taxes for the well off need to go up.
Those who can afford to pay more should do.
Simplify taxes and stop letting people and companies avoid paying it.

[_Pence]

Any way the wind blows Starmer. That's the type of leader we need. 'For the children'