Starmer urged to do full U-turn over benefit cuts as inquest over Labour elections defeat continues – UK politics live
Leftwingers say winter fuel payment cuts need to be reversed to win back votersAccording to a report by David Maddox for the Independent, some Tory MPs want to open talks on replacing Kemi Badenoch as leader. Maddox says:Two senior backbenchers have confirmed to The Independent that they are calling meetings with fellow parliamentarians to discuss ousting the Conservative Party leader.“We cannot continue as we are and she [Ms Badenoch] is just not up to the task,” one of the MPs said …To those few @Conservatives now briefing journalists that another leadership election is the answer I say, if after four leadership elections and utter disarray amongst MP’s over the last five years, another leadership election is what they believe the public voted for, then they are deluded.This election result was frankly the second signific tremor after the first devastating political earthquake last year. It underscored the level of anger too many Conservative voters still had for our mistakes and failures. Not to mention the terrible behaviour of too many Conservative MPs at times appearing to care more for their careers than the lives of those they were sent to serve.Conservative voters haven’t forgotten.In some of our former coalfield communities, over 40% of working-age adults are in receipt of disability benefits. We know that disability cuts are likely to hit Wales more than six times more, proportionally, in some areas in Wales compared to England.In Wales, we believe in an opportunity welfare state, one that supports people to move forward when they can and stands beside them when they can’t. But partnership in power should work both ways.We ask the UK government, come and take a look at our alternative approach to supporting people into work in Wales, where the system has already proven its worth because our young person’s guarantee scheme ensures that every young person has the offer of education, training or employment.To be honest, though, it hasn’t all been popular. The cut in winter fuel allowance is something that comes up time and again, and I hope the UK Government will rethink this policy.We know that splits and spats make for easy news, but this isn’t drama. This is honesty, this is responsibility. This is what leadership looks like.So when we disagree, we will say it. When we see unfairness, we’ll stand up for it. Continue reading...
Leftwingers say winter fuel payment cuts need to be reversed to win back voters
According to a report by David Maddox for the Independent, some Tory MPs want to open talks on replacing Kemi Badenoch as leader. Maddox says:
Two senior backbenchers have confirmed to The Independent that they are calling meetings with fellow parliamentarians to discuss ousting the Conservative Party leader.
“We cannot continue as we are and she [Ms Badenoch] is just not up to the task,” one of the MPs said …
To those few @Conservatives now briefing journalists that another leadership election is the answer I say, if after four leadership elections and utter disarray amongst MP’s over the last five years, another leadership election is what they believe the public voted for, then they are deluded.
This election result was frankly the second signific tremor after the first devastating political earthquake last year. It underscored the level of anger too many Conservative voters still had for our mistakes and failures. Not to mention the terrible behaviour of too many Conservative MPs at times appearing to care more for their careers than the lives of those they were sent to serve.Conservative voters haven’t forgotten.
In some of our former coalfield communities, over 40% of working-age adults are in receipt of disability benefits. We know that disability cuts are likely to hit Wales more than six times more, proportionally, in some areas in Wales compared to England.
In Wales, we believe in an opportunity welfare state, one that supports people to move forward when they can and stands beside them when they can’t. But partnership in power should work both ways.
We ask the UK government, come and take a look at our alternative approach to supporting people into work in Wales, where the system has already proven its worth because our young person’s guarantee scheme ensures that every young person has the offer of education, training or employment.
To be honest, though, it hasn’t all been popular. The cut in winter fuel allowance is something that comes up time and again, and I hope the UK Government will rethink this policy.
We know that splits and spats make for easy news, but this isn’t drama. This is honesty, this is responsibility. This is what leadership looks like.
So when we disagree, we will say it. When we see unfairness, we’ll stand up for it. Continue reading...
