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.

Even more, 64 per cent, want a Labour government to press ahead with “an ambitious and comprehensive deposit return scheme” to encourage recycling of bottles and cans.

Labour has dropped spending pledges on the grounds it is “bomb-proofing” its manifesto from Tory attacks, though polls suggest majorities back more radical action on the economy than it supports, including nationalisation of water and energy.

Yonder surveyed 2,000 British adults over the course of the weekend.