Labour's climate climbdown - how damaging is it?
February 8, 2024
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After weeks of confusion, Sir Keir Starmer has finally announced a row back in Labour's pledge to spend £28bn a year on its flagship green prosperity plan. While the policy will not be completely scrapped, the climbdown comes in the form of the party's spending commitments. <br /><br />The party says the £28bn target will be dropped due to uncertain public finances, and comes a week after Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves refused to commit to the green spending target ten times, in an interview with Sky's Beth Rigby. <br /><br />On Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson explores this latest backtrack with our deputy political editor Sam Coates and our science and technology editor Tom Clarke. <br /><br />Podcast producers: Sydney Pead and Alex Edden <br />Assistant producer: Evan Dale <br />Editor: Wendy Parker
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