{"id":141220,"date":"2023-09-13T01:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=141220"},"modified":"2023-09-13T01:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:15:28","slug":"starmer-got-it-wrong-on-ulez-and-green-policies-warns-gmb-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/starmer-got-it-wrong-on-ulez-and-green-policies-warns-gmb-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer &apos;got it wrong&apos; on Ulez and green policies, warns GMB boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Keir Starmer &#8216;got it wrong&#8217; on Ulez and green policies, warns GMB general secretary Gary Smith as he says Labour should listen to ordinary people<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Smith&#8217;s intervention comes amid criticism of Sir Keir&#8217;s leadership at conference<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A union leader has attacked Labour over the controversial Ulez emissions charging zone expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Criticising Labour&#8217;s green policies, GMB general secretary Gary Smith said the party &#8216;got it wrong&#8217; on new oil and gas drilling and argued it should listen to ordinary people.<\/p>\n<p>The intervention from the boss of one of Labour&#8217;s biggest donors came amid criticism of Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s leadership at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Labour has said it will block new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, which has angered those who work in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking from the conference, Mr Smith told Sky News&#8217; Sophy Ridge: &#8216;Labour have just got it wrong on oil and gas. The truth is oil and gas are going to be with us for many decades to come.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/00\/75357795-12511243-image-a-33_1694560711814.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Criticising Labour&#8217;s green policies, GMB general secretary Gary Smith (pictured) said the party &#8216;got it wrong&#8217; on new oil and gas drilling and argued it should listen to ordinary people<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/00\/75358117-12511243-image-a-34_1694561344147.jpg\" height=\"844\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The intervention from the boss of one of Labour&#8217;s biggest donors came amid criticism of Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s (pictured) leadership at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference in Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I think the challenge is to make the oil and gas industry make sectors dependent on oil and gas less carbon intensive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Luxury super cars descend on huge anti-ULEZ demo in London and rev their engines in protest at Mayor&#8217;s hated expansion as backlash against scheme grows<\/h3>\n<p>The GMB leader also criticised the controversial Ulez expansion introduced by London&#8217;s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan, which was blamed for the party&#8217;s failure to win the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election this summer.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;We have to listen to the legitimate concerns of ordinary people, many of whom are struggling to get by.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I listen to our delivery van drivers, our people who are doing deliveries in our city centres.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I listen to workers who are on shifts &#8211; to care workers in the NHS. And many of them are concerned that the way it&#8217;s been introduced could put an extra financial burden on them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So we need to make sure that any transition is done fairly and that people believe they&#8217;re getting a fair and reasonable deal. And that&#8217;s not what&#8217;s happened so far.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have wind farms that cost a fortune, are subsidised disproportionately by the lowest paid, and the jobs we were promised have never materialised.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12511243\/Keir-Starmer-got-wrong-Ulez-green-policies-warns-GMB-general-secretary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer &#8216;got it wrong&#8217; on Ulez and green policies, warns GMB general secretary Gary Smith as he says Labour should listen to ordinary people Smith&#8217;s intervention comes amid criticism of Sir Keir&#8217;s leadership at conference A union leader has attacked Labour over the controversial Ulez emissions charging zone expansion. 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