'The fiscally responsible choice': Labour clarifies plan to deliver £28bn in annual green investment by 2027

Michael Holder
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Kier Starmer arrives at the Labour conference last year | Credit: Kier Starmer, Twitter
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Kier Starmer arrives at the Labour conference last year | Credit: Kier Starmer, Twitter

Party insists it remains fully committed to borrowing to invest in UK green economy if it wins next election, but acknowledges it will not achieve £28bn target until second half of Parliament

Labour has today confirmed further details of its hotly-anticipated Green Prosperity Plan, clarifying that it would seek to ramp up investment in low carbon infrastructure to £28bn a year from around 2027...

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