Angela Rayner has been branded a ‘hypocrite’ for accepting money from a group linked to the oil industry despite being a cheerleader for Labour‘s Net Zero agenda.
The Housing Secretary took a £20,000 donation from Signum Global Advisors last month to go towards her staffing costs.
She previously criticised the Tories for failing to ‘take on oil and gas giants’ and heaped praise on then-Energy Secretary Ed Miliband‘s Net Zero drive.
And in April this year, Ms Rayner said the Iran war showed ‘why we need to keep investing in renewable energy’.
Signum Global Advisors describes itself as an ‘independent advisory firm operating at the intersection of policy
To provide well-rounded coverage and a breadth of insight across various events, we rely on contributions from several staff writers, each bringing their own area of expertise to our publication.