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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

Labour ‘confident’ of hitting £28bn green pledge after U-turn criticisms

PA Media

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has insisted she is “confident” Labour would hit its pledge of spending £28 billion a year on green initiatives within a first term in government.

The party has angered its most climate-conscious supporters by watering down the pledge to borrow the sum to invest to tackle the environmental crisis.

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