Environmental activists have disrupted a speech by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer
Archbishop of Canterbury leads attack against Sunak's migrant bill as govt suffers more defeats in House of LordsSir Keir responded by telling the pair to "let me finish", and told them: "I'll come and talk you about it."Labour has said it would ramp up spending on for a green prosperity fund by the middle of a first parliament if it came to power at the next election.
"We won't stand by and allow private companies to continue making billions as heating becomes unaffordable, or be silent in the face of extreme heat, flooding and droughts."Sir Keir told the crowd afterwards: "I think they might have missed the fact that the last mission I launched was on clean power by 2030, which is the single most effective way to get the green future that they and many others want.
"We will change Britain, break the link between where you start in life and where you end up. The earnings of our children should not be determined by those of their parents."Labour's proposed education reforms including an attempt to boost child development by setting a goal of more than half a million children hitting their early learning targets by 2030.
Reforming skills, with Labour aiming to create more opportunities for young people "to learn vocational skills and adults to retrain in the skills businesses need" "Not just for the workplace, but also for working out who you are, for overcoming shyness or disaffection, anxiety or doubt," Sir Keir said."Or even just for opening up more to our friends and family. We don't do enough of that as a society - I'm as guilty as anyone. But wouldn't that be something precious for our children to aim for? I think so.
He also accused the Conservatives of not caring anymore about school standards, which he said are "the most fundamental front line in the battle for more opportunity".Getty
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