Voters see tractor tax as more damaging for Labour than Partygate for the Tories, poll reveals
The IndependentSign 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’s tax raid on family farms and his decision to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners are worse for Labour than Partygate was for the Conservatives, voters think. open image in gallery Voters believe three of Labour’s early moves have been more damaging than Partygate was for the Conservatives On Sunday Wes Streeting claimed that voters will thank Labour in the long run for “unpopular decisions” it has made since coming to power, including the scrapping of winter fuel payments. Liz Webster, founder of Save British Farming, told The Independent Sir Keir’s family farm tax raid “makes Boris Johnson and his Partygate seem minuscule”. Since being elected with a landslide majority in July, Sir Keir’s government has stripped winter fuel payments of up to £300 for millions of elderly people, introduced inheritance tax changes dubbed a “family farm tax”, which critics fear will force farmers into selling up, and denied compensation payments to Waspi women.