Labour expected to water down radical environmental policy and other key pledges in manifesto 

Labour is expected to water down its radical environmental policy and other key pledges in the party’s election manifesto, amid concerns that they will prove undeliverable.

Despite making climate change Labour’s number one priority, senior party figures have signalled that a commitment to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2030 is likely to be stated as an aspiration rather than a binding target. 

The party is also expected to drop proposals to abolish private schools and maintain freedom of movement, despite widespread support among grassroots activists.  

Altering the environmental policy is likely to anger Labour’s eco-friendly activists, who only two months ago passed a motion at the party’s…