David Cameron told by MPs that attacking green agenda risks Tory seats Mr Cameron has recently pledged to curb renewable energy sources such as onshore wind farms and is expected to announce cuts in "green" levies on household energy bills. Such moves have alarmed some MPs, who believe that abandoning the green agenda could cost votes. The fears were revealed at a private meeting in Downing Street, attended by the former environment ministers Richard Benyon, Charles Hendry and Caroline Spelman, among others. Several MPs at the meeting have marginal seats where a Lib Dem revival could prove significant in 2015. One suggested that a commitment to the environment was vital to holding on to marginal seats at the next election. Also at the meeting were ministers Greg Barker and Nick Hurd, the veteran backbenchers Peter Bottomley and Roger Gale, plus Oliver Colvile, Rory Stewart and Peter Aldous, who were elected in 2010. One source said Mr Cameron was warned his recent rhetoric could hamper Tories campaigning in marginal seats. "Not everyone has given up on the environmental agenda," the source said. There are still concerned middle-class voters out there, and the PM is driving them into the arms of the Lib Dems over this. Lib Dem sources confirmed that they believe they can capitalise on the shift. Private polling by the party shows that the "vote blue, go green" agenda was a significant factor in the election of around dozen Conservatives in 2010. Without that Tory commitment to the environment, Mr Clegg's advisers believe they can take some of those seats in 2015.