Keir Starmer faces backlash over his 'shocking' pension tax deal
1 year, 9 months ago

Keir Starmer faces backlash over his 'shocking' pension tax deal

The Telegraph  

It is "one law for Sir Keir Starmer" when it comes to pension rules, the Conservative Party chairman has said, after The Telegraph revealed how he can avoid tax on his savings. This is despite Sir Keir pledging to force other wealthy savers to face a cap on their pension savings. 'One law for Sir Keir' He tweeted: "When it comes to pensions for the better off, it’s literally one law for Sir Keir and a different law for everyone else. "Labour and Sir Keir voted last in the Commons for less generous pensions for senior doctors and other workers.

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All of Starmer’s ‘betrayals’ and U-turns as Labour faces Waspi women backlash
6 days, 3 hours ago

All of Starmer’s ‘betrayals’ and U-turns as Labour faces Waspi women backlash

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. scrap punitive sanctions, two-child limit and benefits cap.” But before the election, Sir Keir said …

TOM UTLEY: Why I reckon 'every pensioner in the country will be better off with Labour' is Starmer's biggest whopper of all
2 months, 3 weeks ago

TOM UTLEY: Why I reckon 'every pensioner in the country will be better off with Labour' is Starmer's biggest whopper of all

Daily Mail  

Apart from his stirring demand for the return of the sausages from Gaza, one remarkable passage stood out from Sir Keir ­Starmer's vacuous blustering to the Labour Party conference this week. Sir Keir ­Starmer said stabilising the economy was 'the only way to keep prices low, cut NHS waiting lists and secure the triple lock so that every pensioner in …

Starmer refuses to rule out scrapping pensioner council tax discount after winter fuel axe
3 months, 1 week ago

Starmer refuses to rule out scrapping pensioner council tax discount after winter fuel axe

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has refused three times to say whether he …

Keir Starmer stares down Labour MPs’ revolt over winter fuel payments as rebellion fizzles out
3 months, 1 week ago

Keir Starmer stares down Labour MPs’ revolt over winter fuel payments as rebellion fizzles out

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has won his first major political test as …

Sir Keir Starmer is not for turning
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sir Keir Starmer is not for turning

The Independent  

In his speech to the 156th Trades Union Congress in Brighton, the prime minister offered the assembled delegates, to coin a phrase, gloom, gloom and more gloom. Any remaining celebratory mood left over from the heady historic dawn of 5 July was thoroughly dampened by the hard truths and harder choices that Sir Keir Starmer presented to the people he …

Starmer’s Labour is proving to be strong and stable
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Starmer’s Labour is proving to be strong and stable

The Independent  

Having somewhat overdelivered on his election slogan of “Change”, Sir Keir Starmer may be shopping around for a new motto to guide his “missions”. The government has not made enough of the way that the pension triple lock, albeit a Liberal Democrat policy adopted by the Conservatives, has succeeded in redressing much of the discrepancy between wages and the state …

Keir Starmer says he will ‘have to be unpopular’ amid winter fuel payment backlash
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer says he will ‘have to be unpopular’ amid winter fuel payment backlash

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We are going to have to be unpopular.” Sir Keir said when he talks about …

Starmer insists ‘tough decision’ on limiting winter fuel allowance is necessary
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Starmer insists ‘tough decision’ on limiting winter fuel allowance is necessary

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Limiting winter fuel allowance to the pensioners most in need …

Keir Starmer is right to take a firm line in NHS pay talks
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Keir Starmer is right to take a firm line in NHS pay talks

The Independent  

Both sides in the shadow pay dispute that is likely to become a real negotiation after 4 July are engaged in pre-match trash talk. The junior doctors are on strike until Tuesday morning, in pursuit of a claim for a 35 per cent pay rise, which they claim merely restores past real-term pay cuts. Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer, who is …

Starmer denies Labour will lurch to the Left if party wins election
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Starmer denies Labour will lurch to the Left if party wins election

The Telegraph  

Sir Keir Starmer has denied that the Labour Party will lurch to the Left if it wins the general election. The Labour leader insisted that he was “not going to be deflected” in his pursuit of “wealth creation” – despite winning the leadership in 2020 by making an array of Left-wing policy promises such as vowing to increase income and …

Watch: Keir Starmer launches Labour Party’s general election manifesto
6 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Keir Starmer launches Labour Party’s general election manifesto

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as Sir Keir Starmer launched the Labour Party's general election …

The accidental PM: Keir Starmer will tax the rich first, and the middle class later
1 year, 2 months ago

The accidental PM: Keir Starmer will tax the rich first, and the middle class later

The Telegraph  

If Sir Keir Starmer should become prime minister next year, don’t expect to hear anyone close to him claiming it was his destiny. Sir Keir was never expected to be Labour’s next prime minister. The assumed timeframe for the transformation was anything up to a decade, meaning Sir Keir would lead Labour to a creditable defeat in 2024, reduce the …

Keir Starmer asks Tory voters to ditch ‘dangerous populists’ and join Labour
1 year, 2 months ago

Keir Starmer asks Tory voters to ditch ‘dangerous populists’ and join Labour

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It came as Starmer: Set his sights on a “decade of national renewal”, suggesting he …

Keir Starmer vows to slash ‘bureaucratic nonsense’ in NHS
1 year, 11 months ago

Keir Starmer vows to slash ‘bureaucratic nonsense’ in NHS

The Independent  

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to get rid of “bureaucratic nonsense” with a plan to allow patients to bypass GPs and refer themselves to specialists. Sir Keir, writing in The Sunday Telegraph, said: “If we don’t get real about reform, the NHS will die,” as he gave his backing to an overhaul of the current system in which GPs operate. …

Keir Starmer waters down Labour rulebook overhaul as he abandons electoral college proposal
3 years, 2 months ago

Keir Starmer waters down Labour rulebook overhaul as he abandons electoral college proposal

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has abandoned plans to overhaul Labour’s rulebook by …

Budget 2021: Keir Starmer slammed by Labour bible the New Statesman over opposition to tax rises
3 years, 9 months ago

Budget 2021: Keir Starmer slammed by Labour bible the New Statesman over opposition to tax rises

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer was facing increased kickback against his refusal to back business tax rises today as a Labour 'Bible' accused him of leaving voters 'bewildered'. Sir Keir has already faced criticism from the left of the party over his refusal to demand Rishi Sunak increase corporation taxes in the Budget later today - even when increases have been backed …

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