Trade unions have not watered down Labour’s manifesto pledges on climate and migration, Unite’s Len McCluskey has insisted. In a wide-ranging interview with the New Statesman, McCluskey — the general secretary of Labour’s most powerful union – said the manifesto, due to be launched on Thursday, would contain an “absolute commitment” to a 2030 target for net-zero carbon emissions.
Reports have suggested that the final text of the manifesto states that a Labour government would make “substantial” progress towards net-zero by 2030, as opposed to the “overwhelming” progress proposed in the original draft, after lobbying from the GMB union.
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