LABOUR members fighting for climate justice are in a weaker position two years on from a landmark vote on radical action, MP Zarah Sultana said today.  

In 2019, party members passed a radical climate motion at their annual conference, committing to reaching net-zero by 2030 and creating one million green jobs. 

“Despite the best efforts of [shadow business secretary] Ed Miliband, the Labour leadership has no interest in the Green New Deal … beyond using it as a vacuous slogan,” Ms Sultana said. 

“For Keir, hardwiring a Green New Deal into everything we do seems to mean virtually abandoning every aspect of it.”

Ms Sultana was speaking at a climate justice event at The World Transformed, a fringe festival running alongside the Labour Party conference in Brighton. 

The event, supported by Labour for Green New Deal, also heard from Labour MPs Clive Lewis, Olivia Blake and former leader Jeremy Corbyn. 

Socialists were told of the need to build a socialist climate movement “because that’s the only way we can win climate justice.”