LIVERPOOL, England — Gary Smith, the general secretary of the GMB union, has urged Labour to rethink its energy policy, or risk losing support among working-class communities.
Speaking in the POLITICO Pub at Labour conference Tuesday, Smith said the government was not “in the right place” on its energy policy as he warned the approach could alienate swathes of its working-class supporters.
“Moving to net zero is not cheap. It’s not going to be easy, and if you get it wrong it has huge consequences for the economy and for working people,” he said.
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“The truth is that at the moment, the whole green thing, the net nero thing, is switching working-class communities off,” Smith said. “People are not buying it.”
