Labour donor's firm paid 3.5m to provide 'green' electricity to power Trafalgar Square and City Hall
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Ecotricity, a firm linked to a millionaire Labour donor, holds a City Hall contract worth in excess of 3.5m. The donor has given to Labour and the Green Party and shared a platform with Mayor Sadiq Khan at Earthfest. The mayor does not have a role in awarding GLA commercial contracts, as noted during the Taylor Swift ticket controversy. The contract includes electricity supply for Trafalgar Square and was valued at 470,000 a year in 2020. A freedom of information response shows Ecotricity has been paid 3.55million by City Hall since 2020/21. Ecotricity says the contract was won competitively via LASER and is a small, long-standing public-sector green-energy supply. A mayoral spokesperson said the mayor and his team had no involvement or knowledge.
A millionaire Labour donor's firm has a contract with City Hall worth in excess of 3.5m, it has been revealed. When details of the Ecotricity contract which includes the supply of electricity for Trafalgar Square was last published in 2020, it was valued at 470,000 a year. A more recent freedom of information response, obtained by the Daily Mail, shows that Ecotricity has been paid 3.55million by City Hall since 2020/21.
Mr Vince has donated to Labour and the Green party and shared a platform with mayor Sir Sadiq Khan at Earthfest, the London sustainability festival, last year. Sir Sadiq does not have a role in awarding the GLA's commercial contracts a point that was confirmed recently during the controversy over his decision to accept free tickets to a Taylor Swift concert from another supplier.
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