Urgent State Pension warning as Rachel Reeves eyes up slashing lump sum payment
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver the first budget of the new Labour government next month – and there are fears she could make more changes to pensions. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has already warned ‘painful decisions’ will need to be…
DWP benefit applications soar after Labour’s decision to slash the Winter Fuel Payment
Roughly 880,000 older Brits who are getting their pension are missing out on a simple cash boost that could be worth up to £3900 annually. This benefit, known as Pension Credit, has been historically under-claimed from the Department for Work and…
Labour tax raid could target state pensioners living alone for £390 each
Four million state pensioners living alone could risk facing the prospect of a £394 average council tax bill hike under “painful” changes which could be put in place in Labour’s next Budget. There are fears Labour is plotting to smash…
Laura Kuenssberg skewers Starmer as she exposes huge flaw in £22bn black hole claim
Laura Kuenssberg picked apart one of Sir Keir’s most often repeated claims since winning power (Image: GETTY; BBC) The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg ruthlessly dismantled one of Labour’s key claims in their blame game of the last Tory government. Since Labour won the election…
Keir Starmer admits he will be ‘unpopular’ as fury rages over winter fuel payments axe
Sir Keir Starmer admitted his new government is “going to have to be unpopular” amid a furious backlash over axing winter fuel payments for most pensioners. The Prime Minister sought to defend the “tough” decision to restrict the allowance to only those…
Labour ’eminently beatable’ in wake of winter fuel payments ‘hypocrisy’
Labour is guilty of “massive hypocrisy” and will be “eminently beatable” at the next general election , according to Conservative leadership candidate Mel Stride. The former Work and Pensions Secretary insists the Conservatives would not have made the same cuts to winter…
EU leaders hope Keir Starmer will give in to two demands in exchange for ‘reset’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer may need to give in to two concessions to EU leaders to ‘reset’ relationships with the bloc – and both could lead to fury from Red Wall Labour voters. Mr Starmer has attempted to reset relationships with…
Keir Starmer defends migrant plan after summit with intelligence chiefs
Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “absolutely convinced” that disrupting criminal gangs bringing people across the English Channel in small boats is the way to tackle the migrant crisis. The Prime Minister has faced fury and ridicule for scrapping the only…
Lee Anderson furiously rips into Ed Milliband for ‘spaffing away billions’ on GB Energy
Lee Anderson has blasted Ed Miliband, accusing the Energy Secretary of “spaffing away” public money on net zero plans while the government claims to be tightening it’s belt to plug a “black hole” in the public finances. Anderson (L) accused Miliband…
Nigel Farage reveals two key reasons Labour’s migrant plans will ‘never work’
Labour’s plan to end the Channel migrant crisis will “never work” because of Britain’s generous benefits system, Nigel Farage has warned. The Reform UK leader warned attempts to “smash the gangs” will fail because “there will always be someone to fill the…