Keir Starmer's Big Green £28bn U-turn
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at Labour ditching it’s £28bn green investment pledge.
The spending, announced in 2021, had been a key part of the party's plans to reach climate targets and secure green jobs. The U-turn has already faced criticism from within Labour.
Chris has been speaking to Keir Starmer, who's blaming the Conservatives. James and Chris are also joined by the Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | So, Chris, you landed an interview with Secure Starma this afternoon. |
| 0:08.5 | Yes. |
| 0:09.2 | And I was watching it and listening to it coming in here. |
| 0:12.6 | And it struck me that it might have been quite tricky for you, |
| 0:15.8 | and we can have a listen as much as a watch to find out why. |
| 0:20.1 | Well, I can't ignore the fact that the Conservatives have done huge damage to the economy. I'll listen as much as a watch to find out why. unannounced the commitments that I haven't made. One final question from around a separate topic. |
| 0:40.9 | That's our nightmare, isn't it? You press record and immediately the construction work starts, the rain |
| 0:48.0 | starts pouring down, the aeroplanes are coming in, the ambulance is going. The lightest of drizzle |
| 0:52.9 | becomes torrential, but then thankfully it goes away. |
| 0:56.4 | Yeah, that is the joy of telly, |
| 0:57.8 | where just occasionally it's an occupational hazard, |
| 0:59.9 | isn't it, for the likes of you and me, |
| 1:01.4 | that you may not be entirely, you know, |
| 1:04.3 | keeping hold of your dignity by the end. |
| 1:06.8 | But hey, we got the interview. |
| 1:08.4 | Kea Starmer was up for stunning in the rain for a bit, |
| 1:10.6 | and it's February. |
| 1:11.7 | So what do you expect? |
| 1:12.7 | And we will dissect the actual content of that interview interface about Labour's U-turn on its Green Energy pledge on this episode of Newscast. |
| 1:22.4 | Newscast. |
| 1:23.0 | Newscast from the BBC. |
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