Rishi Sunak and 10 ministers receive nearly £300,000 from oil and gas firms

04 February 2023 , 22:51

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There are mounting calls for increased taxes on energy companies (Image: Tejas Sandhu/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock)

Rishi Sunak and 10 of his ministers have received more than £290,000 from oil and gas companies, Labour analysis claims.

The revelation came in the week it was announced Shell more than doubled its annual profit to £32billion – its biggest result ever.

And it sparked more calls for increased taxes on ­energy giants to offset April’s rise in fuel bills.

Shadow Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: “Millions of households are looking at a 40 per cent increase.”

The Labour dossier shows sacked Tory ­chairman Nadhim Zahawi had a £2,000 donation in 2017 to his local party from Amjad Bseisu, boss of North Sea oil firm EnQuest.

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Shadow Energy Secretary Ed Miliband (PRU/AFP via Getty Images)

Mr Sunak’s Richmond Conservative Association had £6,000 from former oil baron Alexander Temerko two years earlier – when the Ukrainian was a director of Offshore Group Newcastle.

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove ’s local Surrey Heath party got £75,000 from Tullow Oil boss Aidan Heavey.

There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing and all the figures were put to Conservative HQ.

Nigel Nelson