Labour risks loss of young voters by 'going backwards' on climate

Party supporters and activists warn inaction over its green new deal could harm electoral chances

Labour risks losing support among young people unless it does more to champion a radical green new deal (GND) to tackle the climate crisis and rebuild the post-Covid economy with well-paid, unionised jobs, according to climate activists and young Labour supporters.

School climate strikers and key youth groups within the party say they have been dismayed by what they see as the party's failure to fight for the full green industrial revolution" programme set out at the last election. And they warn that the party risks losing support among young people who have backed Labour in the past few years.