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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker, Pippa Crerar, Kiran Stacey and Eleni Courea

Labour to ditch £28bn annual green investment pledge, party sources say

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves, during a visit to Tilbury freeport in Essex.
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves, during a visit to Tilbury freeport in Essex. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are ditching Labour’s flagship policy pledge to spend £28bn a year on green investment, party sources have said.

The sources said 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, a publicly owned clean energy company, and a mass home insulation programme.

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