Starmer 'determined' to make 'tough decisions' ahead of winter fuel payment vote
Saturday, 7 September 2024 Sir Keir Starmer has said he is "determined" to make tough decisions ahead of a vote on whether to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.
Amid mounting pressure for the Government to U-turn on means testing winter fuel payments, Dame Diana Johson defended the measure, saying that the prime minister had to make tough decisions to fix a "black hole worth £22 billion" in the economy. The policing minister said that the Government was...
Darren Jones says Tulip Siddiq's resignation from the government can be seen as a "clear success" for Sir Keir Starmer, as it shows the prime minister's new independent process for investigating ministerial conduct "has worked". The chief secretary to the Treasury adds Siddiq "was a good minister doing a great job", but that she accepted her wider family had become a "distraction" for the government. Siddiq resigned as Treasury minister over an anti-corruption investigation into her wider family in Bangladesh. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Chris Philp has accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of being "more interested in his cronies" than making appointments with integrity. The shadow home secretary's comments come after Tulip Siddiq quit as a Treasury minister over links to her aunt's political movement in Bangladesh. Philp adds the prime minister should have acted quicker and has called for the National Crime Agency to investigate "unanswered questions". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Cabinet ministers arrive at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer holds his weekly Cabinet meeting. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer takes a visit to the Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL (University College London) as he sets out plans for the future of artificial intelligence in the UK.
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Saturday, 7 September 2024
Sir Keir Starmer has said he is "determined" to make tough decisions ahead of a vote on whether to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.
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