Youth climate activists influenced Labour’s policies, says campaign group

Green New Deal Rising says Starmer’s green policies prove its proposals and pressure on MPs bore fruit

Youth climate activists have claimed a checklist of environmental policies proposed this week by Keir Starmer and his shadow cabinet is proof organising and movement pressure can still sway Labour.

At a Labour conference under the banner of “a fairer, greener Britain”, Starmer on Tuesday announced a “green prosperity plan”, aimed at “tackling the climate head on, and using it to create the jobs, the industries and the opportunities of the future”.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/28/youth-climate-activists-influenced-labours-policies-says-campaign-group

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