Posted 1/4/2024, 11:57:00 AM
Starmer Prioritizes Fiscal Prudence Over Green Goals, Risking Rift With Left
- Starmer rules out breaking fiscal rules to fund £28bn green investment target, prioritizing fiscal responsibility
- Focus is on achieving clean power by 2030, green investment amount less important
- Comments anger some on the left who say full investment needed to meet climate goals
- Signals unlikely to promise income or national insurance tax cuts, will reverse inheritance tax cut
- Open to offshore asylum processing before arrival in UK, wants "sensible solutions" to problem