PRO-HUNT activists have struck at the office of York MP Hugh Bayley leaving behind a cleaning bill expected to run to hundreds of pounds.

A dozen poster stickers have been plastered across the outside of the Labour MP's Holgate Road base.

The green A4-sized highly-adhesive stickers, which contain the phrase Hunting is Freedom were discovered when office workers arrived yesterday.

A logo on the posters indicates they were made by The Real Countryside Alliance, a pro-hunting splinter group.

Mr Bayley said professional cleaners would have to be used to clear up the mess.

"If the cowards who did this are brave enough to say who they are, we will send them the bill for cleaning it up," he said