Tories have taken donations worth £2.5m since last election from industry, while several of biggest donors are members of party’s Leader’s Group

The Conservative party is failing to stand up to energy companies because its election campaign is reliant on donations from the industry, the shadow Cabinet Office minister Jonathan Ashworth has said.

The Tories have taken donations worth more than £2.5m from the energy sector since the last election, leading them to “prioritise a privileged few”, according to Labour.

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