Five people arrested after Sunak protest released on bail
The incident happened on Thursday morning.
Last updated 4th Aug 2023
Five people arrested yesterday after a protest at Rishi Sunak's house have been released on conditional bail.
North Yorkshire Police say this is to allow further enquiries to be carried out.
At around 8:30am yesterday, campaigners from Greenpeace draped the Prime Minister's grade II listed manor house in North Yorkshire with an oil-black fabric to "drive home the dangerous consequences" on Thursday morning.
The group returned to the ground at about 1.15pm and were being spoken to by officers before being loaded into the back of police vans.
The activists have been slammed by Government ministers, including deputy PM Oliver Dowden, who called on protesters to "stop the stupid stunts".
Speaking on a visit to Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool, he said: ""I think what most people would say is 'can you stop the stupid stunts', actually what they want to see from Government is action.
"That's what you're seeing here today, the world's largest offshore wind farm being built right here, creating jobs.
"But at the same time we're going to need in the coming decades oil and gas as part of our energy mix."
Senior Tories Alicia Kearns and Sir Robert Goodwill also hit out, with the latter telling Greatest Hits Radio the demonstration was "outrageous".
The climate group defended the action however, claiming they "knew the PM wasn't in" and "knew how to get up safely".