Sir Keir Starmer urged to make 'u-turn' as winter fuel allowance update issued
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA trade unionist has urged the Prime Minster to make a "U-turn" on the government's plans to cut the winter fuel allowance. Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, described plans for the cut as 'completely wrong' and has called on Sir Kier Starmer to tax the "1% wealthiest" in Britain instead.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, she said: “We need to make sure that he is making the right choices and leadership is about choices.
He needs to be big enough and brave enough to do a U-turn on this choice. It’s completely wrong. “People do not understand how a Labour government has decided to pick the pocket of pensioners and, at the same time, leave the richest in our society totally untouched.
That is wrong and he needs to change course.” READ MORE: 'I've voted Labour all my life - and then they go and do this' Last month, the UK Government announced the decision to stop annual Winter Fuel Payments for approximately 10 million older people across Great Britain from this year.
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