'I was frustrated': The woman who told Labour it didn't need to spend ?28bn on green investment

Rhian-Mari Thomas, the head of the Green Finance Institute, suggested to Rachel Reeves the private sector could help offset state fundingAt the start of this year, among the snowy Swiss slopes of the Davos business get-together, Rhian-Mari Thomas was ready to make an elevator pitch to the UK's future chancellor, Rachel Reeves.The chief executive of the Green Finance Institute (GFI) - a government-backed body that helps create and promote pro-environment financial products in the UK - had grown increasingly concerned about Labour's ?28bn green investment pledge. Continue reading...