LABOUR will have to hike taxes to fill the “green black hole” in its 2030 eco targets, senior Tories warned.
Boss Sir Keir Starmer is “taking families and the country for fools”, with his new climate spending plan, according to Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho.
GettySir Keir Starmer is ‘taking families and the country for fools’, with his new climate spending plan[/caption]
She hit out after Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was “committed” to reaching clean power by 2030, despite ditching Labour’s £28billion-a-year investment promise.
Sir Keir now pledges to spend an extra £23.7billion over five years instead — keeping nearly all of his energy pledges, but for less.
Only this week he said the annual £28billion was “desperately needed” to hit the green goal, before ditching it on Thursday.
Ms Coutinho said: “Labour claim they’ve got all the same policies as on Tuesday, but now it’s all somehow cheaper.
“It shows they don’t have a plan, and we know where that ends — higher taxes on hardworking people.”
Tory party chairman Richard Holden said Labour had created a “green black hole” over their eco scheme.
He said: “We know Labour are still committed to pressing ahead with their eco-splurge but are trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the British people.”
It came as Labour adviser Juergen Maier broke ranks to publicly criticise the U-turn, saying: “It’s not good for climate change or the growth of our economy.”
Meanwhile, Labour green guru, ex-leader Ed Miliband, insisted he did not consider resigning when Sir Keir pulled the plug on the £28billion.
Asked by Channel 4, he said: “Absolutely not. Britain is going to move the dial on climate and that is the test.”
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