Conservative MPs have slammed the Labour Party for taking money from Just Stop Oil supporters.
The Labour Party is under increasing pressure to repay £1.5 million in donations taken since 2014 from environmental activist Dale Vince, a supporter of Just Stop Oil.
The acceptance of the money, according to the Conservative Party’s Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson, is a “slap in the face to hardworking Brits trying to get on with their lives.”
Meanwhile, Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns stated that the public is “tired of road closures and disruptions,” adding, “Enough is enough.”
Mr Anderson said: “Starmer’s been caught orange-handed.
“Every day that Labour takes money from Dale Vince another ambulance is delayed, a hospital appointment is missed, a grieving relative can’t get to a funeral which proves this is a slap in the face to hardworking Brits trying to get on with their lives.
“Slippery Starmer should apologise and stop taking cash from eco-loonies bringing Britain to a halt.”
Over the weekend, Conservative Chairman Greg Hands wrote to his Labour opposite Anneliese Dodds demanding the party return donations from Mr Vince.
Mr Hands’s intervention came after Just Stop Oil activists disrupted the Gallagher Premiership rugby final at Twickenham on Saturday, days after a protest at the Chelsea Flower Show.
In his letter, the party Chairman said: “Since 2014 the Labour Party have taken £1.5million in donations from one of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil’s biggest donors, Dale Vince.
“Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner have together taken £30,000.”