"This is the right level of climate ambition. This is not a watering down of Labour’s climate ambition. The plan delivers on the Labour Green New Deal conference motion to put the UK on a pathway to zero carbon by 2030. This means that by 2030, the UK will have taken every possible step to ensure zero carbon energy during an appropriate point in the 2030’s. Exactly when this will be depends on how successfully the thirty recommendations are implemented. "
All over the country, people are already talking about key elements of the plan – including the transfomrative plan for one million green jobs and the fast and free broadband for all policy.
This is nothing short of a housing revolution and compares with Tory inaction in terms of tackling the housing crisis
“We will lead the world in using public investment to transform our country, reduce people’s monthly bills, boost our economy and improve people’s quality of life.” - Jeremy Corbyn.
"Let us stand with Evo and let us fight for that vision of progressive government here, too. No Pasaran! Venceremos!" - Marcus Barnett, Young Labour International Officer.
Jeremy Corbyn concluded the rally by saying, “The effort that is being put into this election campaign is absolutely phenomenal. We are absolutely determined to get it right and win this election for Labour.”
"From Orgreave, to Hillsborough, to Grenfell, the state has facilitated & enforced a system that has actively militated against the interests of working people, at times to lethal effect." - Sam Browse.
"Whilst Labour is funded by hundreds of thousands of people who want to transform our country to put wealth and power in the hands of the many, the Tories are the party of the privileged few."
"To see Evo Morales who, along with a powerful movement, has brought so much social progress forced from office by the military is appalling." - Jeremy Corbyn
Labour stands for everything Trump can’t stand – peace, international respect for human rights, action to tackle the climate emergency, plus support for equality, tolerance and diversity, writes Murad Qureshi.
