Rachel Reeves grilled Labour's £28bn turnaround: 'Don't want to think big anymore?'

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Rachel Reeves has been criticized over Labour's £28bn green spending U-turn, with a BBC presenter asking her: "You don't want to "think big?"

The shadow chancellor was taken to task after she and Sir Keir Starmer finally confirmed the spending pledge had been "cancelled."

Instead, Ms Reeves and the Labor leader unveiled a far less ambitious plan. package of measures, which will cost £23.7 billion over the party's first five years in power if it wins the next election.

After weeks of U-turns, Sir Keir backs the initial figure of £28 billion per year. as recently as Tuesday, the party accused the Tories of “destroying the economy” by scaling back its plans.

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer cut back on initial green spending plans

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BBC Radio 4's Today presenter Mishal Husain has grilled Ms Reeves on Friday morning, asking: "Don't you want to think big anymore?" you had diluted your greatest political commitment."

But Ms Reeves insisted that, despite the funding cut, Labour's so-called green prosperity plan will be "transformational for our economy, for jobs and for bills."

And she insisted Labor is "committed" to implementing the plan.

Ms Reeves said: " People can see that since the Conservative Party...