Insulate Britain protesters stage 24-hour fast outside Downing Street
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Insulate Britain supporters are staging a 24-hour fast outside Downing Street in solidarity with jailed members who are on hunger strike to call for action on fuel poverty. We're the sixth richest country in the world and, at the moment, we have a person dying every 15 minutes each winter from winter fuel poverty Craig Scudder, Insulate Britain Mr Smith said it is unlikely she will get what she wants from Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “We’ve had one person arrested already this morning; I believe they were breaking bail conditions.” Insulate Britain spokesman Craig Scudder, from Hertfordshire, also joined the action on Whitehall in solidarity with Ms Smart and Dr Buse, who he said started his hunger strike two days ago. “We have a Government that seemed to be more interested in putting ordinary people in prison for raising the alarm about this than just doing what they should be doing morally and legally.” Nine Insulate Britain protesters appeared at the High Court on November 17 after they admitted breaching an injunction by taking part in a blockade of the M25 on October 8.
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