SIR KEIR STARMER must think again on dropping Labour’s £28 billion so-called green new deal, Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney said today.

Citing the “terrible damage done to the economy” by the Tory government, Sir Keir dropped Labour’s flagship proposals in February.

He instead opted for the establishment of GB Energy as an “investment vehicle” for clean energy rather than as a generator, and a much slimmed-down commitment £8.3bn in green investment over the lifetime of the next parliament.