Ben Chapman
Guest Reporter
A former Labour official has made clear her disdain for Sir Keir Starmer in a furious rant on GB News.
Khan, who worked for nearly three years in the party’s Governance and Legal Unit (GLU), was embroiled in a legal battle with Labour earlier this year after claiming she had been unfairly dismissed and racially discriminated against.
There is no still love lost between the party and Khan, who reaffirmed her disapproval for the PM.
“Two of the first things he did was scrap child benefit tax and freeze the elderly”, she said.
“He’s not for the working class. He never really was. Like I said, he played a strategic position to get into leadership by gaslighting the working class that believed him.
“Then they did the same thing with him when he won the general election.
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“I think a lot of people just wanted the Tories out, so they voted him in thinking that he would represent the working class, and then he ended up betraying everybody that voted for him.”
Starmer has had a tough opening few months since he and Rachel Reeves warned of tough decisions against a backdrop of a ‘£22bn black hole’.
Labour’s decision to cut winter fuel aid for millions of elderly Britons has proven to be one of their most controversial calls, but Starmer insists pensioners will remain “better off”.
The payments, which provide up to £300 for those aged 66 and over, will now be means-tested following the chancellor's announcement.
Starmer maintains that a planned increase in the state pension of approximately £470 next year will offset the losses.
However, government estimates suggest the cuts could push around 450,000 elderly people into relative poverty, and 300,000 into absolute poverty by 2030.
The Prime Minister points to the household support fund and warm home discount scheme as additional support measures.
The backlash has been particularly strong in Scotland, where Scottish Labour is now forcing a vote on reinstating the winter fuel allowance through amendments to the Social Security Bill.
Scottish Labour's social security spokesman Paul O'Kane insists people "shouldn't have to wait" until 2026 for changes.
Pensioners have voiced serious concerns about the impact. One pensioner told The Mirror: "I'm sitting in one room with one small heater, wrapped in a blanket and with a hot water bottle. The rest of the house is cold."
Another pensioner noted: "The rise I will receive next April does not even cover the loss of the Winter Fuel Allowance."
The cuts are estimated to affect around 900,000 people in Scotland alone.
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Khan, who worked for nearly three years in the party’s Governance and Legal Unit (GLU), was embroiled in a legal battle with Labour earlier this year after claiming she had been unfairly dismissed and racially discriminated against.
There is no still love lost between the party and Khan, who reaffirmed her disapproval for the PM.
“Two of the first things he did was scrap child benefit tax and freeze the elderly”, she said.
“He’s not for the working class. He never really was. Like I said, he played a strategic position to get into leadership by gaslighting the working class that believed him.
“Then they did the same thing with him when he won the general election.
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“I think a lot of people just wanted the Tories out, so they voted him in thinking that he would represent the working class, and then he ended up betraying everybody that voted for him.”
Starmer has had a tough opening few months since he and Rachel Reeves warned of tough decisions against a backdrop of a ‘£22bn black hole’.
Labour’s decision to cut winter fuel aid for millions of elderly Britons has proven to be one of their most controversial calls, but Starmer insists pensioners will remain “better off”.
The payments, which provide up to £300 for those aged 66 and over, will now be means-tested following the chancellor's announcement.
Starmer maintains that a planned increase in the state pension of approximately £470 next year will offset the losses.
However, government estimates suggest the cuts could push around 450,000 elderly people into relative poverty, and 300,000 into absolute poverty by 2030.
The Prime Minister points to the household support fund and warm home discount scheme as additional support measures.
The backlash has been particularly strong in Scotland, where Scottish Labour is now forcing a vote on reinstating the winter fuel allowance through amendments to the Social Security Bill.
Scottish Labour's social security spokesman Paul O'Kane insists people "shouldn't have to wait" until 2026 for changes.
Pensioners have voiced serious concerns about the impact. One pensioner told The Mirror: "I'm sitting in one room with one small heater, wrapped in a blanket and with a hot water bottle. The rest of the house is cold."
Another pensioner noted: "The rise I will receive next April does not even cover the loss of the Winter Fuel Allowance."
The cuts are estimated to affect around 900,000 people in Scotland alone.
Find Out More...