Today’s Labour Party Conference Headlines include Labour’s ‘war on the water rats’, Labour’s nationalisation plans causing concern among business leaders and the possibility of a second referendum under Labour.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Labour’s ‘war on the water rats’<\/span> Nationalisation could damage prosperity<\/span> Labour MPs plan to vote down May’s EU withdrawl deal<\/span> Labour could offer the chance to remain in the EU<\/span> Shadow Energy Secretary to announce ambitious clean energy plans<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Daily Mirror<\/em>\u2019s headline describes Shadow Chancellor John McDonell\u2019s nationalisation plans as a \u2018war on the water rats\u2019. During his speech yesterday, McDonnell pledged to put a stop to \u2018profiteering in dividends and vast executive salaries\u2019 and announced that the water industry would be the first to be nationalised under Labour. He said that current bosses would be fired and that control would be handed to workers, councils and customers.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The headline of The Daily Telegraph<\/em> features a warning from Business leaders that Labour\u2019s nationalisation plans could \u2018put prosperity at risk\u2019. The newspaper reports that business leaders are deeply concerned about Labour\u2019s plans, saying that it would put the economy into the \u2018deep freeze\u2019 and \u2018crack the foundations\u2019 of prosperity.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Evening Standard<\/em><\/a> reports that according to Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer, the Labour Party is preparing to vote down Theresa May\u2019s EU withdrawal deal in Parliament. The newspaper reports that in his speech to conference today, Starmer will warn that Tory \u2018division, chaos and failure\u2019 over Brexit is putting the country\u2019s future prosperity at risk.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The BBC<\/em><\/a> writes that Starmer has claimed there is a possibility of Labour backing a second referendum offering voters the chance to remain in the EU. This came following John McDonnell\u2019s comments that any vote should be on the terms of the Brexit deal, rather than on staying in the EU. Today, conference will debate and vote on a motion to keep a new referendum on the table if Labour is unable to force a general election.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em><\/a> reports that Shadow Secretary for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Rebecca Long-Bailey will today announce the Labour Party\u2019s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. The current aim is to reach an 80% reduction. Long-Bailey will set out new energy proposals, including the aim to generate 85% of electricity through renewable and low-carbon sources, and the doubling of windfarms by 2030.<\/p>\n