Tories received 40% of its donations from fossil fuel interests in campaign's first week

Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives accepted hundreds of thousands from major donors with financial ties to the oil and gas industry.

By Peter Geoghegan and Sam Bright

The Conservative Party accepted £225,000 in donations from firms and individuals with financial interests in oil and gas during the first week of the general election campaign, Democracy for Sale and DeSmog can reveal. 

Rishi Sunak’s party was given £575,000 from 30 May, when Parliament was dissolved, to 5 June, official …