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‘First green chancellor’: Labour's Reeves announces £28bn a year to tackle climate crisis

Guardian, 27 Sep 2021
Rachel Reeves said she would be 'the first green chancellor' and announced Labour's biggest climate spending pledge to date. Labour would invest £28bn a year in climate measures, quadrupling the government’s current capital investment, Reeves said the party will commit to spending £224bn on climate measures over the next eight years

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