Starmer won’t win pensioners back with winter fuel U-turn
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Keir Starmer is at risk of losing millions of voters to the Lib Dems and the Greens as he tries to win over Reform UK supporters, new research has revealed. The prime minister has unveiled a raft of policies in recent weeks which have shifted Labour dramatically to the right.
Following the Prime Minister's heavily criticised UK-EU Brexit reset deal and his party's disastrous results at the recent local elections, many may be wondering if Sir Keir Starmer should be replaced as the Labour Party leader.
Starmer could have framed the same policies around a softer rhetoric, one that embraces multicultural Britain while making the case for reforming the labour market.
It’s testament to the shock in the United Kingdom over what is being called Prime Minister Starmer’s “Brexit betrayal” that some of the fiercest criticism of the “reset” deal is coming from his own Labour party.
Blind panic must be ensuing in Labour HQ. First immigration policy tightens up, then climate goals are watered down. Now - with the Reform UK threat growing - Sir Keir Starmer this week said he will look to make more pensioners eligible for the winter fuel payment,
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Sir Keir has defended the deal, calling it a "pragmatic step forward" that shows Britain "respects international law and its obligations to its partners."