Greenpeace: Government cuts ties with group after protest at PM's home

Government departments should chopped ties with Greenpeace successful the aftermath of past week's protestation astatine Rishi Sunak's house, No 10 has said.

Activists from the radical scaled the premier minister's location successful his North Yorkshire constituency past Thursday during an anti-oil demonstration.

Five radical were arrested by constabulary and released connected bail pending further inquiries.

The PM's spokesperson said engagement with the radical was nary longer "appropriate".

"We evidently don't deliberation that radical who are accused of breaking the instrumentality should person a spot astatine the array successful discussions with government," helium added.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) was nary longer engaging with the radical due to the fact that of the stunt, the spokesperson added.

"I don't deliberation it's antithetic for Defra oregon different agencies to prosecute with clime enactment groups - that's taken spot for a fig of years," helium told reporters.

"But intelligibly fixed their actions and the arrests past week we don't deliberation it's due to prosecute with them."

It has besides been reported that the vigor information section had already blackballed Greenpeace months ago. The BBC has approached the section for a comment.

Five radical scaled Mr Sunak's state location to protestation against the government's determination past week to assistance 100 new North Sea lipid and state licences.

Activists covered the Grade II listed spot successful achromatic sheeting, and unfurled a motion speechmaking "No caller oil".

Two men and 2 women were arrested connected suspicion of causing transgression harm and nationalist nuisance. A 3rd antheral was besides arrested connected suspicion of causing a nationalist nuisance.

Mr Sunak's bureau confirmed neither the premier curate nor his family, who are presently connected vacation successful the US, were contiguous astatine the time.

The premier curate purchased the location aft becoming the MP for the agrarian Richmond constituency successful 2015.

Greenpeace's co-executive manager has defended the protest, calling it a "proportionate effect to a disastrous decision" to assistance caller licences.