Workers are at the heart of Labour’s mission to decarbonise Britain’s economy, party leader Sir Keir Starmer said, vowing to avoid the mistakes of the mass closure of coal mines in the UK.
Speaking at the GMB union’s Congress in Brighton on Tuesday, Starmer promised decent pay, safer work, and better infrastructure, as “new nuclear, battery factories, and offshore wind repower Britain.”
Labour will build strong supply chains that create jobs, Starmer said, pledging to “seize” the opportunities of hydrogen, carbon capture, and storage.
“Change is coming and yes it can unsettle us. But mark my words, on my watch, good jobs—good, union jobs—will be fundamental to that change,” Starmer told the congress….