Reports this morning suggest that the Labour Party are set to ditch the £28bn figure on the Green prosperity plan
The announcement follows weeks of uncertainty with the party pinning the blame on economic uncertainty caused by the Tories and the outcome of finalising ideas for their manifesto for the next general election
The reports say that the party would keep the core mission of investing in green infrastructure, as well as already announced plans such as the creation of GB Energy, and a mass home insulation programme
Sources say that the change in policy has been pushed for by key figures around Starmer including Morgan McSweeney, Labour’s director of campaigns, and Pat McFadden, the party’s campaigns coordinator.
Two days Sir Keir Starmer insisted he was not scaling back on the pledge, telling Times Radio: “We want to have clean power by 2030… that’s where the £28bn comes in.
“That investment is desperately needed for that mission and I’ve been unwavering in relation to mission clean power by 2030.”
