Why is Starmer running scared of his own policies?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The worst kept secret in politics was freed from its shackles today as Sir Keir Starmer confirmed Labour would drop their 28 billion pound spending pledge on the green economy.
It will confirms Rishi's criticism of a flip-flop leader. Why is Keir running scared of spending?
Later, is Rishi's own party calling on him to apologise for his trans gag in the Commons yesterday? Why won’t he? We discuss where it’s left him.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.9 | I can announce today Labour's Climate Investment Pledge, |
| 0:16.8 | an additional £28 billion of capital investment in our country's green transition |
| 0:22.6 | for each and every year of this decade. |
| 0:26.6 | I'm so proud to launch our green prosperity plan, a plan that will turn the UK into a green growth superpower. Here is our alternative. |
| 0:40.3 | Our green prosperity plan, to provide the only sustainable solution to the energy crisis, |
| 0:47.3 | and to pass on to our children, a fairer and a greener country. |
| 0:52.3 | There is no question of pushing back on the mission. |
| 0:55.5 | The mission is Clean Power by 2030. |
| 0:57.8 | That's where the 28 billion comes in, |
| 0:59.8 | that investment that's desperately needed for that mission. |
| 1:03.3 | And I've been unwavering in relation to the mission, |
| 1:05.9 | Clean Power by 2030. |
| 1:07.3 | And I keep getting challenges from people saying, |
| 1:09.4 | you're moving the date back. That mission |
| 1:12.8 | of Clean Power by 2030 hadn't moved that date back at all. That 28 billion has been a firm |
| 1:20.8 | fixture in Labour's plans for almost two and a half years. But today, that's changed. |
| 1:28.5 | What won't now happen is that we won't make further or new investment decisions. |
| 1:34.8 | And that means that we won't reach the £28 billion envisaged. |
| 1:39.2 | And that figure is effectively stood down. |
| 1:42.6 | The £28 billion a year pledge to transform Britain, |
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