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The polymer holding Winston Churchill together in the new machine-washable 拢5 note has been revealed to contain beef suet.

Henry Smith, who chairs the all party parliamentary group on animal welfare, said: "It's a shame there are animal-derived products that are being used to make it, and there are alternatives - vegetable-based products that could be used in the polymer."

The vegetarian Conservative MP spoke to Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn, and called for future 拢5, 拢10 and 拢20 notes to be free of animal-based products. There was also reaction from Conservative Damian Hinds and Labour's Angela Rayner.