With the Conservatives and the SNP both in crisis, the Labour leader hopes to catch the public's eye with his plans for clean power by 2030.
Sir Keir is clear that this is the sort of"activist industrial policy" Britain needs for the longer term, but for voters looking to Labour to commit money to schools, hospitals and transport in the next election, this could prove a hard sell with the amount Labour is willing to borrow to subsidise green technologies dwarfing other commitments for public services."We are going to put money into public services," explains one senior Labour figure.
The criticisms have prompted another policy tweak as Sir Keir promised not to revoke any fossil fuel extraction licenses granted before the next general election, even though it could take years before those new fields begin producing. When I pressed Sir Keir in an interview in Leith on Monday if the"clean power by 2030" pledge was a guarantee or a target he demurred, saying it was his"ambition" and he believed to be"doable". Not an explicit guarantee then, and for good reason.
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