FEARS were growing within Labour today that PM Rishi Sunak’s abandonment of key net-zero targets might resonate with many working-class voters.

One leading backbench MP said privately: “If Sunak can make the charge stick that the cost of the transition will fall on working people, then there is no doubt he will get traction.”

Labour’s front bench has rejected Mr Sunak’s U-turn on banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and other modifications of climate change commitments.