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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Starmer urged to use some of Labour’s £28bn green fund for other spending

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves.
Shadow cabinet ministers have asked Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves to expand the fund’s green mission. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Senior Labour figures are urging Keir Starmer to give the go-ahead to a series of infrastructure projects as part of the party’s £28bn green prosperity plan, even if they are not strictly environmental in nature.

Shadow cabinet ministers have asked the Labour leader and the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to expand the fund’s green mission and use it to pay for a series of capital spending projects, such as housing or transport infrastructure.

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