The public is clear that it wants action on climate change, but don’t want to pay more for it – and Conservatives are particularly opposed to higher taxes. The future of the centre-right depends on resolving this tension, says Simon Clarke

What do the public think about the environment and the UK’s commitment to climate action? This is the question Onward has been asking together with our partners at More in Common – and the answers highlight the exceptionally tricky path politicians have to walk on this issue.

Because people are clear that they care about climate change. Over two-thirds of the voters we asked said that it is either very or somewhat important to them that the government makes tackling climate change a priority. And there would be clear risks associated with disengaging from the issue. Onward, with our focus on the future of the centre-right, drilled down into the key voter group who voted Conservative in 2017 or 2019, but not in 2024. We found those who indicated they would be prepared to return to the party the soonest care more about........

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