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‘The Labour leadership has no interest in the Green New Deal,’ Zarah Sultana says
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves and Hove MP Peter Kyle (left) during a visit to small businesses on George Street in Hove, East Sussex

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. 

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