Labour party delegates expected to condemn decision to means-test winter fuel payments as prime minister says Conservatives should apologiseKeir Starmer has said he wants to meet Kamala Harris and Donald Trump before the US election. As Rowena Mason reports, Starmer also refused to back Angela Rayner, the Home Office minister who said Trump’s rhetoric was fuelling outright racism when he spoke to journalists travelling with him to New York. Here is Rowena’s story.Good morning. Keir Starmer is in New York, where he will be addressing the United Nations general assembly (UNGA) later, but the Labour party conference still has half a day to go in Liverpool. Starmer gave a series of media interviews before he left and they are playing out this morning. Speaking to Susanna Reid for ITV’s Good Morning Britain, he refused four time to apologise to pensioners for the cut in winter fuel payments. Delegates will debate the decision at the conference this morning, and they are expected to support a motion championed by the Unite union condemning the decision.Well, I am really concerned that we’ve been put in this position. When you inherit an economy with £22bn missing, it is a really difficult set of choices.The people who should be saying sorry are the last government who left a hole of £22bn, and they should be sorry for that and they should apologise for that. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-09-25 08:03:41
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Starmer says Tories should apologise for winter fuel payments cut ahead of possible conference defeat – UK politics live
