Ex-Tory voters want the next leader to boost climate ambition - but is anyone listening?

James Murray
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(L-R) Outgoing Conservative party leader Rishi Sunak and prospective successor Kemi Badenoch | Credit: HM Treasury
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(L-R) Outgoing Conservative party leader Rishi Sunak and prospective successor Kemi Badenoch | Credit: HM Treasury

Survey of 1,000 former Conservative voters finds a third would be more likely to support the Party again if it adopts more ambitious climate policies

With the Conservative leadership race entering the crunch stage at the Party's conference in Birmingham, campaigners have today once again called on the Opposition to re-think its approach to climate change...

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