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A blitz on millions of pounds of 'woke' public spending will be launched this week as Tory MPs join a campaign to 'defund the cancel culture'.
The MPs will put Ministers on the spot over why nearly £13 million of public cash has been awarded to organisations said to be linked to politically correct, so-called woke projects in recent years.
They will fire off a blizzard of Commons questions demanding justifications for nearly 30 individual grants since 2018.
The move emerged as the powerful Common Sense Group of Tory MPs and peers announced it was coming out in support of a new 'Britain Uncancelled' campaign.
The powerful Common Sense Group of Tory MPs and peers, chaired by Sir John Hayes (pictured), announced it was coming out in support of a 'Britain Uncancelled' campaign
Writing in The Mail on Sunday, Sir John Hayes – the Common Sense chairman – served notice that Boris Johnson's Government had to step up the fight against the 'bitter prejudice' that woke represented.
He says: 'The Government needs to do more to stand up
