The UK Labour Party is facing scrutiny over its pledge to invest £28 billion annually in green energy projects to kickstart economic growth, with Shadow Digital Minister Rhondda Bryant affirming, 'It's our ambitious commitment.' However, a HuffPost UK weekend political read reveals internal concerns about the party's speed in clarifying the figure. A shadow minister has stated that Labour is not scaling back on the investment, despite critics like James Woudhuysen calling the plans, including the decarbonization of the electricity grid by 2030, 'insane' and 'catastrophic' for energy security. Woudhuysen also warned that the UK would be 'hostage to the whims of the weather' due to reliance on wind and solar. Starmer has acknowledged the difficulty of the net zero energy goal but insists that the £28 billion borrowing per year is 'desperately needed' and 'integral' to the 2030 target.
Sir Keir Starmer tells @KateEMcCann that Labour's plan to spend £28bn on green investment is 'desperately needed' While Reeves & other shadow ministers have repeatedly refused to use £28bn figure, Starmer argues it is integral 2030 clean energy target https://t.co/yUljitt3fU
Keir Starmer tells @TimesRadio that Labour’s plan to achieve net zero energy will be ‘difficult to achieve’ and says the £28bn a year borrowing will be crucial: ‘I’m very clear we need to do that - we need to borrow to invest to do that’s
Keir Starmer has contradicted Labour’s shadow Treasury line on £28bn investment pledge. This again leaves the policy as Schrödinger's cat: both dead and alive. https://t.co/rbasbc17td
Keir Starmer’s plan to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2030 is insane, writes James Woudhuysen https://t.co/95kJYs6wZL
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Labour’s green extremism will leave Britain in the dark, says James Woudhuysen https://t.co/95kJYs6wZL
Labour’s green plans are insane. It wants to replace nearly all of our gas plants with unreliable wind and solar. In just six years! This will leave us hostage to the whims of the weather, says James Woudhuysen https://t.co/95kJYs6wZL
Labour’s green extremism will leave Britain in the dark. Forget the row over £28 billion, the real danger is Starmer’s plan to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2030. This is insane. It would be catastrophic for our energy security, says James Woudhuysen https://t.co/BdVuPNWT64
.@UKLabour is “not scaling back” its pledge to invest £28 billion annually into green projects in a bid to kickstart economic growth, a shadow minister has said ✍️: @bypatrickdaly https://t.co/4pzwYIbXea
ICYMI: The HuffPost UK weekend political read on the mess Labour have got themselves into on their £28bn green energy pledge. One Starmer ally said: "The problem is we put a figure on it and we haven’t been quick enough to squash that figure." https://t.co/kQsXwZu4iI
Will Labour spend £28bn a year on green energy? 'It's our ambitious commitment,' says Shadow Digital Minister, @RhonddaBryant. #TrevorPhillips https://t.co/fhIHlpTGAF 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/VndPXy0isR