Nigel Farage has warned Labour his constituents are living proof they will be punished at the ballot box after cutting winter fuel payments.

MPs who recently voted to restrict the payments to the poorest pensioners this year can expect rival candidates to remind voters what they did in future.

Nigel Farage, MP for Clacton in Essex, predicted long-term consequences for Labour. (Image: Getty)

Reform UK leader Mr. Farage, MP for Clacton in Essex, predicted long-term consequences for Labour.

He said: “my 99-year-old constituent Jim o’Dwyer made national news last week – a Lancaster bomber rear-gunner who did over 30 missions – for losing his winter fuel allowance.

“He is far from alone, as across the whole of clacton and the surrounding villages there are as many as 25,000 people affected.

“the sense of injustice felt by many will last for a long time to come.”

clacton is said to have the greatest share of residents aged 66 and over in england and Wales – and Reform has made no secret of its ambition to make major inroads into local government, ahead of council elections in may.

Former work and pensions secretary mel Stride said: “millions of pensioners have been betrayed by Labour and will not forgive, nor forget it.”

Polling by Ipsos found 46 per cent now have an unfavourable view of Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, with 32 per cent now having a favourable one.

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Keir Starmer ‘breaches rules’ by failing to declare gifts as Tories demand probe

Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria (Image: Getty)

Sir Keir Starmer is alleged to have broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife Victoria Starmer.

The gifts, from prominent Labour donor Lord Alli, were not initially declared in the register of MPs’ interests.

The Sunday Times reported that the Prime Minister approached the parliamentary authorities on Tuesday to make a late declaration after being given updated advice on what needed to be registered.

The Tories demanded a full investigation into the Starmers’ links with prominent Labour donor Lord Alli.

The donations reportedly covered the cost of a personal shopper, clothes and alterations for Lady Starmer both before and after Labour’s election win in July.

MPs are required to register gifts and donations within 28 days.

A No 10 spokeswoman said: “We sought advice from the authorities on coming to office.

“We believed we had been compliant, however, following further interrogation this month, we have declared further items.”

The guide to the Commons rules states MPs should register “any benefit given to any third party, whether or not this accompanied a benefit for him or her, if the Member is aware, or could reasonably be expected to be aware, of the benefit and that it was given because of his or her membership of the House or parliamentary or political activities”.

Lord Alli’s involvement with the Labour leader has already proved controversial after it emerged he had been given a Downing Street security pass without apparently having a government role.

The row was dubbed the “passes for glasses” affair because Lord Alli has previously donated tens of thousands of pounds worth of clothing, accommodation and “multiple pairs” of spectacles to the Labour leader.

A Conservative Party spokesman said: “It’s taken just 10 weeks for Keir Starmer to face an investigation for his conduct.

“After facing allegations of cronyism and now apparent serious breaches of parliamentary rules there must be a full investigation into the passes for glasses scandal.

“No doubt the millions of vulnerable pensioners across the country who face choosing between heating and eating would jump at the chance for free clothes just to keep warm in the face of Labour’s cruel cut.”