Labour blames interest rate rise for green pledge U-turn

Labour's election campaign boss has denied suggestions the party's flagship green policy was dropped because it was electorally unpopular. Pat McFadden told Trevor Phillips rising interest rates were to blame for the decision to scrap the £28bn commitment towards green investment. Mr McFadden also said Labour's candidate in Rochdale, Azhar Ali, was "wrong" for suggesting Israel deliberately allowed its citizens to be killed on 7 October. Full story: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-rishi-sunak-general-election-keir-starmer-12593360 #labourparty #generalelection #israelhamaswar SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales