Starmer urged to use some of Labour’s £28bn green fund for other spending

Shadow ministers say green prosperity plan should pay for capital spending such as housing or transport infrastructure

Senior Labour figures are urging Keir Starmer to give the go-ahead to a series of infrastructure projects as part of the party’s £28bn green prosperity plan, even if they are not strictly environmental in nature.

Shadow cabinet ministers have asked the Labour leader and the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to expand the fund’s green mission and use it to pay for a series of capital spending projects, such as housing or transport infrastructure.