BLAME TRUSS FOR MY GREEN U-TURN

Starmer claims he dropped £28bn pledge because of economy crash

- LIZZY BUCHAN

KEIR Starmer finally ditched his pledge to spend £28billion a year on green investment yesterday as he blamed the Tories for wrecking the economy.

The Labour leader called the u-turn "common sense" because interest rates have soared since ex-prime minister Liz Truss's disastrous mini-Budget.

At a Westminster briefing with Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, he also said Labour is alarmed by claims from Treasury insiders that the Tories plan to "max out the credit card".

The spending pledge, announced in 2021, was a key plank of Labour's commitment to green jobs and delivering clean power by 2030.

Starmer said the party's climate objectives could still be achieved.