TORIES could win more votes from young people if the school curriculum stopped promoting environmentalism and equality, MP Luke Graham suggested today.

Speaking at a fringe meeting at the Scottish Conservative conference, the Tory rising star argued that the Scottish National Party was promoting a “political agenda” which was shaping young people’s voting behaviours.

Speaking about meeting a first-time voter in a recent by-election campaign in Scotland, Mr Graham said: “The two things she raised with me, the two issues, one was environmental policies and the second was period poverty.