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Over half of public oppose Labour's decision to ditch its £28bn-a-year green investment
A protester sits outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, where climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is appearing charged, along with four other activists, with a public order offence during a protest in central London last year. The 21-year-old from
MORE than half the public oppose Labour’s decision to scrap its “green prosperity plan,” a new survey reveals.
The party had pledged to invest £28 billion a year on green projects, but the promise was gradually diluted and last week it announced a complete U-turn, reducing investment plans to address climate change to just £23.7bn over the whole course of the next parliament.
But a Nature 2030 campaign survey conducted by Yonder found 54 per cent of people believe Labour should have kept the pledge.
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