Photos posted online by Greenpeace UK on Thursday show protesters on top of property while a banner reads “Rishi Sunak – oil profits or our future?”
Arguing that they needed a “climate leader, not a climate arsonist”, he said he was sending a direct message to Sunak as he signed new oil and gas extraction licences.
Greenpeace said they are also opposed to the proposed development of Equinor’s EQNR.OL Rosebank oilfield, subject to a final investment decision.
Peter Walker, a former deputy chief constable of the North Yorkshire police force, told LBC radio he was “appalled” by what he described as a “major breach of security”. Greenpeace said they were careful to make sure no one was in the building.
A separate protest also took place outside Sunak’s official Downing Street residence and office on Thursday.