Grassroots Tories hit out at budget and say party is ‘burnt toast’

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt visit a builders’ merchants in south-east London on Thursday, the day after the budget. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA

Grassroots Conservative supporters have lashed out at Jeremy Hunt’s budget as offering “nothing for working people” and “making things better for the rich”.

Members of the Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO), which was founded by disgruntled Tories after Boris Johnson and then Liz Truss were removed, labelled their party “burnt toast”.