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OPINION - Keir Starmer chose the lesser of two evils by ditching his £28bn green target

Once upon a time, it was possible to be all things to all people. Back in 1993, when Sir Tony Blair was invited to contribute his favourite recipe to the Islington Cookbook, he selected fettuccine with olive oil, sun-dried tomatoes and capers. By the time he entered Downing Street, his…

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Starmer’s £28bn green plan was bungled but Labour still has bold hopes for the country – and the planet

Even if pared back, the party still has the only real growth policy in town, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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'Come back' Boris: Minister urges ex-PM to rejoin fight as Tories trail Labour in the polls

Science minister Andrew Griffith reached out to Boris Johnson to help the Conservatives in getting their messages across to voters

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Brianna Ghey has ‘humanised’ trans debate in Warrington, says MP

Charlotte Nichols says constituents grieved for a transgender girl and learned that being trans ‘isn’t something that’s bad or scary’

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: What to know about ‘authoritarian’ new plans to deter disruptive demonstrations

In today’s newsletter: A new law will ban climbing on war memorials, wearing face coverings and more – here’s why

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Dropping of £28bn pledge marks a shift in Reeves’s entire economic philosophy

Rachel Reeves had promised to spend big to be Britain’s first green chancellor. Now she wants to spend as little public money as possible

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Holly Valance's billionaire husband backs Labour days after actress called leftwing ideas 'crap'

Tory donor Nick Candy has praised Sir Keir Starmer’s business ties and criticised Tory infighting

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The Guardian view on Labour’s green retreat: wrong, wrong, wrong

Editorial: Keir Starmer’s announcement is a historic mistake on economic, political and environmental grounds

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Sunak refuses to apologise to Brianna Ghey’s father over PMQs trans jibe

PM says it is ‘sad and wrong’ to link his comment about transgender people to case of murdered teenager

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Circumstances have changed, our ambitions have not. That’s what you need to know now about our green plan

No one expected the Tories to crash the economy like they did. Building a greener Britain means being honest about this, say Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

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Labour cuts £28bn green investment pledge by half

Keir Starmer announces party will now spend less than £15bn on green projects a year if it wins election

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Brianna Ghey’s parents met hate with love, and Sunak chased cheap laughs. That says it all about him and his party

The PM’s bad joke revealed his inability to read a room. How on earth will he cope in an actual election campaign, asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Brianna Ghey's mum breaks silence with dignified response to Sunak's transgender joke

The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has broken her silence after Rishi Sunak faced a backlash for making an ‘offensive’ jibe about transgender people in the Commons.

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Tory Top Team send the Mighty Philpster to tackle PMQs trans joke fallout

As Labour agonised over their £28bn-a-year green pledge, No 10 was working on mitigating Sunak’s latest PMQs disaster

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How Labour ditched its flagship £28bn green investment pledge

Two and a half years after it was announced, the policy is being dropped. Here is a timeline of key moments along the way

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OPINION - The Standard View: Flip-flopping Keir Starmer kills his green dream

The timing leaves a little to be desired. On the day it was confirmed that the world exceeded 1.5C warming across an entire year for the first time, Labour dropped its flagship £28 billion green investment plan.

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Sunak: No apology over ‘absolutely legitimate’ transgender comments at PMQs

Rishi Sunak said it was ‘the worst of politics’ to link his comments attacking Sir Keir Starmer’s position on trans issues to Brianna Ghey’s case.

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Minister defends Sunak’s transgender jibe amid calls for apology

Chris Philp defends PM but declines six times in BBC interview to say whether he thought joke was appropriate or respectful

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Labour formally drops £28bn green pledge and blames Tories for ‘crashing the economy’ – as it happened

The announcement ends weeks of speculation about the policy

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Rishi Sunak Under Fire For Trans Jibe When Murdered Teen's Mother Was In Commons

The teenager named Brianna Ghey died after repeatedly being stabbed with a knife in a park in Cheshire.

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Labour Drops Radical Reforms As It Prepares To 'Bombproof' Manifesto From Tory Attacks

Sunak has said he plans to hold an election later in the year, widely expected to be in October or November, as a YouGov survey of 14,000 respondents forecasts that the Tories will hold on to just 169 seats, while Labour will claim 385.

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UK Prime Minister Faces Pressure to Apologize for Transgender Remark

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces criticism for a remark about transgender people, causing controversy and calls for an apology.

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Brianna Ghey’s father demands apology from Sunak over transgender remark

Peter Spooner describes comment made in an exchange at prime minister’s questions as ‘absolutely dehumanising’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to announce scaling back of £28bn green investment plan

Labour leader to say move is down to economic uncertainty caused by Tory government, sources reveal

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Whether driven by Sunak’s callousness or clumsiness, trans jibe is PM’s new normal

Whatever motivated remark on day Esther Ghey visited parliament, expect more of the same as election looms

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