Keir Starmer will address green new deal plans at conference, say team

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Chris Saltmarsh, a co-founder of the internal pressure group Labour for a Green New Deal, said: "the idea that this motion covers more than one subject makes a mockery of the idea of a joined-up response to climate change.
46% : Keir Starmer is committed to debating plans for a green new deal at Labour's conference later this month, his team have insisted, despite the party having rejected a grassroots motion on the issue.
42% : The frontbenchers Rachael Maskell and Olivia Blake and backbench MPs including the former shadow chancellor John McDonnell have joined those calling on the party to reverse a decision to rule out of order a conference motion calling for Labour to endorse a green new deal.
41% : During last year's Labour leadership campaign, Starmer wrote: "we need a green new deal hardwired into every level of government" but some green activists are concerned about whether the leadership remains committed to the policy.
41% : Labour insists the green new deal motion, passed by 21 local parties and endorsed by the leftwing Momentum campaign group, was rejected because it was too broadly drawn, bringing in policies such as universal free broadband.

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