The view of the Stroud Valley from Rodborough Commons, Gloucestershire
PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak’s “flip-flopping” on commitments to protect the environment could backfire badly at the next general election, suggests a poll of voters in “blue wall” marginal seats who said they wanted stronger measures.
In the survey by environmental campaign group Greenpeace, 20,000 people — 70 per cent in parliamentary constituencies in the south and south-east of England — said that environmental issues would affect how they voted in the election.
Eighty-five per cent said they wanted more government financial support for home insulation and 73 per cent wanted more funding for heat pumps.
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
