A speech by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been interrupted by green protesters.
Sir Keir was midway through announcing his party’s pledges to overhaul education if they get into power, when a man and a woman – already on the stage – unfurled a banner, saying: “No more U-turns – green new deal now.”
One young activist was heard heckling the Labour leader for watering down his previous commitment to spend £28bn on its green prosperity plan – a u-turn that shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves blamed on rising interest rates and the “damage” the Conservatives have done to the economy.
Another asked Sir Keir: “Which side are the Labour Party on?”, to which he replied: “We are on the side of economic growth.”
After further demands for “a green new deal right now” and for the leader to “stop making u-turns”, the demonstrators were led away from the stage.
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