Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer on Monday said he’s “pragmatic” about renationalising transport and utilities after his shadow chancellor said the 2019 manifesto pledge had been “scrapped.”
It comes as Great Manchester’s Labour Mayor Andy Burnham hailed the rejection of a legal challenge to his decision to bring bus services across northern England under public control.
The Labour Party pledged to renationalise rail, the Royal mail, energy, and water during the 2019 general election under Jeremy Corbyn. After Corbyn resigned over Labour’s historical defeat in the election, Starmer, his successor, repeatedly committed to the pledge.
But speaking to BBC Radio 4’s “Today” programme on Monday, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said the plan had been “scrapped,” saying it was part of a manifesto that led to the “worst [election] results since 1935.”…