Union boss Sharon Graham has heavily criticised the government’s decision to means-test the winter fuel payment for pensioners.
Speaking from the Trades Union Congress conference in Brighton, she labelled the decision “totally and utterly wrong”, adding: “People cannot understand, they’re grappling to understand how a Labour government could choose to pick the pocket of pensioners at the same time as leaving, for example, the 50 richest families in Britain… worth £500bn.
“How could you justify picking the pockets of pensioners at the same time you’re leaving the extremely wealthy, the extremely wealthy, totally untouched?”
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33 Comments
Blood money, if the unions accept starmers payouts , at the cost of 4000 pensioners , then it's blood money, it's unacceptable.
Cutting the winter allowance is shameful.
Never vote Labour again, life long member of the party, appalled by these actions!
we have voted Labour all our lives this is how they treat us and I would never vote tories
Labour seem to making the pensioners suffer over tories
This is the last time labour will ever be in powder.
They are trying to kule the elderly 😢after all our hard work and contribution
Help for pensioners i have only been retired for 3 months after having to work an extra six years without warning and now this.
What their union paymasters say, goes! Job done?
Sharon Graham said that voters crawled on their knees to get to the polls. Not many of them! 39 million of 49 million – 79·6% of them, 4 of every 5 – stayed in bed!
These sociopathic sadists must be stopped, before they do anymore damage to ordinary peoples lives.
Globalism is to rob the poor to give to the rich. This is not a true socialist government, it is globalist in nature. Starmer wants to be a Davos man and become a dictator.
They even clapped and cheered after the vote..totally evil.💜uk
Vote Reform.🇬🇧
This is the way unions used to be.They were for the working class.Old Labours values and morals.
Please stop giving the Labour Party funding until they reverse their disastrous policy now.
Good girl Sharon , a good interview indeed, well done, From Christopher Bird.
UNITE UNDER REFORM UK.
VOTE REFORM AND TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK. LEIBOUR WILL ALWAYS DESTROY OUR ECONOMY.
Starmer is a globalist and Davos loyalist. Ooh and a dictator too.
Well said comments by a Union Boss. 👍No Blanket Cover but No Blanket Ban either. More intelligent solutions were needed to fill up the so called 22 billions of black hole.
Most of the UK's money goes in immigration sponges leave the wealthy people alone they put a lot of money into the economy without them will be poor go after the NHS play waste millions managers friends relatives 40 grand a year to count light bulbs 40 grand a year to tick boxes that's where all your taxpayers money go I work in the NHS I know
Perhaps the union's can get it reinstated these poor people should not live in the winter months in the cold
Labour had a choice…..they purposely targeted the most vulnerable in our society to pay in part for the ridiculous pay rises they signed off on. They will regret this when we hear about our elderly dying of cold this winter.
Labour MPs with a consunce 😅😅😅
Why don’t they give there allowance to the pensioners.Rachel Reeves got 3,500 for her bills.Hypocrisy at it’s finest.
Sharon needs to pull the legs from under starmer stop the funding all unions need to stick together and stop him dictating what he alone things is the right thing todo
Oh Sharon. Labour made the right decision. “Picking the pockets”. Sharon, there hasn’t been a budget yet so before shooting your gob off maybe get all the facts. People don’t want change from one irresponsible Gov to another.
Remember their names when local elections come around
There's a reason why people are leaving UK
Remember in 97, when Blair raided private pension funds ? He hated pensioners too. Starmer is a Blair disciple. Join the dots, people.
Why the hell are Unions paying in to Labour? There is no political party for the working people! All politicians do is attack the poor and working classes whilst the rich get richer! The country and its systems are broke and the politicians wonder why riots happen!
Labour have cold hearts but I am told it is very hot down in hell
That's right labour party ain't the labour party who should be 100% behind the vulnerable people and especially the elderly, where is starmer and Rachel reeves morals , don't take the British public for fools. All the politians are very greedy selfish people.