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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Tory swing voters switch to Labour after Sunak’s green retreat, poll finds

Offshore wind turbines at the Scroby Sands windfarm.
The survey found support for the green economy was even stronger among swing voters who voted Tory in 2019. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Almost nine in 10 voters who intend to switch their support from Conservative to Labour candidates in the next general election believe that “green growth” is important for the future of Britain’s economy, according to a poll.

Carried out by pollsters Opinium, the survey found that 82% of all respondents backed the growth of Britain’s green industry to boost the economy, in the same week that the prime minister announced a series of U-turns on the government’s green commitments in an attempt to create a dividing line with Labour before the election.

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