Labour doesn’t need to sabotage its #GreenProsperityPlan – just to cost it clearly

The argument that markets will react badly to borrowing doesn’t wash – Rachel Reeves has to be open about using taxes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/09/labour-green-prosperity-plan-cost-markets-rachel-reeves-taxes-john-mcdonnell
#Environment #Sustainabity #ClimateCrisis

"On election day in 2019 I received a call from Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, who in the normal course of events I had met regularly as shadow chancellor and had established a helpful working relationship. The call was to reassure me that the Bank, with its resources, stood ready for whatever the outcome the election would produce"

John McDonnell skewers Rachel Reeves woeful rowing back on Labour's £28bn #GreenProsperityPlan.

#LabourParty #Economics

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/09/labour-green-prosperity-plan-cost-markets-rachel-reeves-taxes-john-mcdonnell

Labour bottle it once again. #ClimateChange #ProportionalRepresentation #Labour #GreenProsperityPlan #PR

Labour says £28bn green prosperity plan in doubt due to Tory crashing of the economy – UK politics live
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/jun/09/conservatives-labour-rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-boris-johnson-honours-uk-politics-news