Starmer Refuses to Apologise to Pensioners Four Times Over Winter Fuel Allowance

[@puddyvalentine]

MP's have a heating allowance of thousands.....why aren't they included?

[@taffyterrier]

Like doctors they are privileged.

[@sunshine-qk8qe]

George Orwell's ''Animal Farm '' comes to mind .

[@Marthawendy-sz2mk]

@@taffyterriernot quite true tbf,..God SEES everything!😜😁😁😆🤣🤣🤣👍🏼

[@dianecameron137]

some up to £2000 even though they are very well paid

[@ianjohnson1207]

@@dianecameron137 It’s £3600

[@davidbailey4544]

£12 Billion for overseas climate control, £Billions for overseas countries, £9 Millons A Day for Illegal immigrants for Food, Hotel's, Mobile Phones, taxis, ect.ect. Ukraine £Billons in Arms ect. £Billons on the New Train service. Thats before over things I've forgot .. OH MPs accounts £10k each, the Lords £500 a day just to sit and fall asleep ect.ect.

[@chazsach6594]

It's actually £15 Billion pounds a day, you are quoting a two year old figure. Everything else issue on.

[@jacqueslebreuilly9713]

Climate change is more important than millionaire pensioners being able to afford an extra holiday.

[@antoniokasto4293]

Yes perfect what you say most money will go to arms Ukraine ect and £3 billion every year next five years to Ukraine 🇺🇦 £8 million a day migrants ? People can see through this very easy

[@AdrianCalcagnile]

@@davidbailey4544 what can the uk people do with him the Tory’s let him in remember they were fighting amongst themselves and he suddenly became mr honest guy fooled the people but he didn’t me seen what they did in the Blair yrs the people of this country could get him out something needs to be done can anyone honestly put with his false face coming across as a saviour to this country he has to go may elections will be a start

[@kateroyston9416]

This is the man who ring fenced his 350k pension on his first day as PM.A utter disgrace of a person!

[@Europhile]

You probably wouldn't recognise decency if it faced you. You probably adore Truss and Johnson.

[@netcurtains]

​​@@Europhilebeats supporting hamas,,eurocreep

[@gazzertrn]

@@Europhile Both as bad , bit of a uninformed statement .

[@Iazzaboyce]

@@Europhile Don't forget the 'national' (lol) rejoin march in London tomorrow. Probably look more like a queue for information on how to find the march...

[@blue_red_screen]

Blame the people that voted for him

[@leesmusic1]

How the heck is this man the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, seriously, we have fell off a cliff as a country

[@jendrizzyy]

It's bad, isn't it, it's like living in an alternate universe

[@c.v.yardley]

@@leesmusic1 He has looked very statesmanlike on all his state visits. Unlike the previous load of clowns!

[@leesmusic1]

@@c.v.yardley what when he meets the worlds leaders with Lammy wearing trainers? The next 5 years and every other terrible decision they make is because of people like you.

[@leesmusic1]

@@c.v.yardley What like when he turned up with Lammy to meet world leaders wearing trainers?

[@gladyssannahmthombeni6501]

People voted him because he was white the NVQ government is delivering look at what they are doing?

[@juliecrowe5252]

Stop sending money to countries that don't need it ,that would more than cover the winter fuel payment

[@dibdab101]

or stop sending money to pensioners who don`t need it...that would build a few affordable homes.

[@juliecrowe5252]

@dibdab101 I think they could introduce a opt out for people who don't need it ,but many are living on pension only , remember many don't have savings or have minimal savings and don't have private pensions , they have spent a lifetime on minimum wage struggling to make ends meet , those people will go without heating and food they are not comfortable with debt

[@LesleyWright-g5v]

Or stop taking the massive £3500 energy payments this lot get yearly!!

[@dibdab101]

@@juliecrowe5252 I fully agree that people who are struggling should get it, and that the threshold should be a bit higher. However, 71% of pensioners have work or private scheme pensions, and most of them have no mortgage and no dependents. Nobody is obliged to receive the payment, but I bet you anything that the vast majority of people who do not need it, still claim it.

[@jake751]

Yes especially Ukraine

[@andrewking5274]

Never answers a single question, can't be trusted

[@birdlover7690]

Back to the phantom black hole in the past

[@birdlover7690]

Post to myself here how many times has he mentioned last government and black hole

[@birdlover7690]

What is a triple lock is it a new word?

[@GlenB-qo7wd]

This man is a joke, he can't even answer a simple question. Thank god he wasn't pm during covid.

[@kriegfaust]

@@birdlover7690 Won't provide any evidence for it yet every one of the scroungers relies on it in every interview.

[@rektboi4195]

immigration > blank check Ukraine war > blank check Defense budget > blank check Mp raise/expenses for homes > blank check

[@Inconvenient_NPC]

Absolutely spot on

[@darkspeed62]

Defence is the only one that SHOULD be a blank cheque. All theothers I totally agree.

[@leannehenry-pm8zu]

Lov your comments

[@twmlloyd5257]

@@darkspeed62 spot on

[@HAMISHEASTONMACKAYDAWSON]

@@TruthSeeker-j7z Illegal immigration boosts the economy?? That's a funny economics book you're reading. Do you really suppose that a high proportion of illegal migrants get a job? Anyway, doesn't 'illegal' mean anything anymore? What happens to legally resident people if they do something illegal? Do they get let off for stimulating the economy?

[@kevinoliver2254]

He is a bully . For god sake stop this and get him out . He only got in because of the failings of the Conservative Party .

[@RsRs-o4r]

Sign the petition, then. It's on change

[@jenniferjones188]

Signed it. Fed up

[@namin1411]

Conservatives did not fail us they gave fellow workers furlough, but did not steal from us like this party.

[@namin1411]

⁠😢

[@namin1411]

Totally agree

[@Popeye209]

Think these MPs should give up their £3500 for heating their homes and yet they take the pitiful amount of £300 from pensioners. They are just hypocrites and even if the economy gets better they wont reverse it. They make me sick

[@SlowhandGreg]

Are you a pensioner or are you buying into the media's faux outrage? I am and for 80% of us we don't need it we need a functioning NHS and care system which the Tories have run into the ground with the hopes of privatising it for their mates.

[@philipanderson2537]

Keir Starmer’s excuse for accepting a £20,000 donation for “accommodation” so his son could revise is a bit rich, isn’t it? I mean, what’s next? A GoFundMe for “stress relief” after a tough day in the Commons? “Sorry, love, I need a spa day because those journalists just won’t let me be.” And let’s be honest, what’s a quiet place for GCSE revision when you’ve got £20,000 to play with? He could’ve rented a castle! Starmer claims it’s about “keeping the house peaceful,” but it sounds more like a private study retreat for the privileged. Meanwhile, he’s accepting clothes from a Tory peer-talk about a wardrobe malfunction in integrity! If this is the best he’s got, he might want to revise his own political strategy.

[@Wayne-wm6wq]

They are all in on the con together

[@sandradavies7804]

I just wish that journalists of all colours would correct one misconception : Could somebody PLEASE point out two facts: First - the WFA is per household, so a couple under 80 years old get £100 each, a single pensioner under 80 gets £200. Second - over 80 years old, the WFA is £300. I presume it's divided the same way.

[@SlowhandGreg]

@Popeye209 would you rather have the Cons in who were going to jack the pension age up to 68 father erode NI and privatisation of the NHS?

[@StanleyWareham]

Why are MPs not willing to cut back their huge heating claims

[@andyfreeman2588]

Gravy train

[@oneoflokis]

@@StanleyWareham Petition to remove their heating allowances on 38degrees... Gathered 1000000s of signatures!

[@ADSINI1972]

Because even though the average MP gets £91,346 they still need to claim for heating a second home...

[@JevansUK]

​@ADSINI1972 their second home is an expense of the job so the running cost is part of that expense.

[@susansimpson6049]

​@@JevansUK...then they should all stay on the Bibby Stockholm when in London, Park it alongside parliament! Job done, give their second mortgage homes with ALL expenses paid to the ones more deserving!

[@lynneedwards9704]

Its disgusting, taking money from our Pensioners who have worked all their lives and giving billions away. Our people here should matter before dishing money out elsewhere. Susanna did a good interview.

[@DennisStrong-tj6yu]

Please explain PM about the so called black hole as you seem to bring this up all the time. I cannot understand why you did not look at the amount of aid we give these other countries and take it away or reduce it for them. All of the Labour Party should be ashamed taking money from pensioners.

[@alexanderevanska4274]

There is no 22 billion black hole. Plus, the treasurey has given 10 billion. Starmer is a bare faced liar. He better hope no pensioner dies this winter because of the cold.

[@oneoflokis]

💯 a previous Labour study said that 4,000 pensioners would die if the winter fuel allowance was removed.

[@BLUESKY-zt1nv]

proof.....?

[@ramkedoodle]

​@@BLUESKY-zt1nv Alex's source is he made it up

[@andrewelliott4436]

​@@BLUESKY-zt1nv It's common knowledge. Go and look for it yourself.

[@ritasearle7736]

Brilliant Susanna You did. a great job But you still couldn’t get him to say Sorry🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😤😤😤😤

[@Dawn-hb5pf]

Well done Suzanne, you did your best but it was like talking to a brick wall.

[@alberto123iq]

It looked like Piers Morgan's Do you condemn Hamas. But it's clear that the PM is an awfull person

[@alicehammond7438]

The media were bumming him up for years

[@clairedobson2240]

​@@alberto123iqagree. He clearly has zero morals

[@jaynesmithdale233]

She put him in power. ,,,,buyers remorse sue shame on you

[@doru10922]

If you ever get the chance ask him for proof, on what 22 billions

[@rhysthomas1699]

Does anyone here get this feeling that this will be the last Labour Party to ever be elected?

[@jmack8767]

Of course not. All they have to do is wait until they're in opposition and squeal "TORIESTORISTORIES" and everyone votes for them.

[@nigel5755]

Most definitely! It's at the very least going to be decades!

[@suemaclean370]

Absolutely and I just wish that there was a way we could get them voted out now

[@georgefrancis8602]

She should put the zip all down for Sir Kier!

[@bryanfish7303]

On favour of who? The Tories are no better. If anyone thinks that Jeremy Hunt wouldn't do exactly the same thing needs their head examined. It would just be Labour supporters screaming it was inhumane, and all the Tory fans, who are currently clutching their pearls would be defending it as a harsh, but necessary financial reality and proves the Tories are prepared to make the difficult choices. They are all self serving narcissists and the whole archaic system needs reformed

[@jimcraig1253]

What a tool this guy is, hes ok with pensioners freezing but spends millions on feeding and keeping the ILLEGAL immigrant's nice and warm, and sending OUR money abroad

[@WeAreTheStormRockMusic]

There's A huge Black Hole in Starmer's Head.

[@Ashtarot77]

And his heart

[@newstheydidnttellus2982]

Not in his donations. Black box is overflowing 😂

[@gerrypippin2263]

Full of sausage

[@brelshar4968]

Here's hoping.

[@lynne2387]

There was an even greater black hole left by Blair which the Tories have been paying off.

[@bobkelly6217]

I am sick and tired of hearing about the blackhole and that the fuel allowance was a hard decision ,both are lies, Half of the blackhole was for the massive pay rises for the £65 k/yr train drivers etc, and the other half is the projects the Tories did not put money aside which will not get done anyway.

[@fulloftruthguardian5420]

The blackhole a lie? You think the banks and financial institutions that run the UK don't want their money back? You think they are just going to forget about it?

[@BulletPointFitnessPodcast]

Yes let's just forget conveniently about how expensive Brexit was and continues to be. As well as the billions wasted during COVID

[@godotttt990]

After two months?

[@kristinamasters1663]

I hated Thatcher but she would never have agreed to the train dri ers pay rise

[@kristinamasters1663]

​@@BulletPointFitnessPodcasti agree people have forgotten what the con artists have done already. Like the bedroom tax. Which should be abolished. When you rent a house you rent all of it reguardless of how many rooms there is. If the council and rental agencies had properties for people to down size to that would be one thing but they dont so they should not be allowed to impose such a tax. This must hit single people and pensioners that may want a smaller property also the poorer people.

[@Andrew-d7z]

AGAIN! SEND THE IMMIGRANTS BACK! save £7 million a day in hotel bills... You keep them warm no problem!!!

[@jake751]

Bore off 😴

[@paulagilbert1982]

​@@jake751umm no

[@scratchyrice]

Migration both legal and illegal costs the taxpayer just 0.31% per year of the 1,200bn spend. If all migration was "sorted" right now - 0.31% would make absolutely zero difference to your life. That is the equivalent of just £6.20 per month if you earn £2000 a month.

[@ivorharden]

​@@scratchyrice to be fair, regardless of the amount, i'd rather give that 6.20 to the NHS.

[@darrencullen440]

More like 12£mmmm

[@InvestStrategyWire]

He's a parrot. He's learnt his lines. But his sense of social justice is non existent. Train drivers on £75k, come on!

[@phildonnelly1992]

Absolutely brilliant interview Susanna. You were well prepared, paid close attention to the replies, communicated clearly, and followed up on dodged questions. Your interview was conducted with respect, politeness and professionalism despite repeated excuses.

[@susanwills2243]

Susan na didn’t go in HARD enough in my opinion. I’m sick of hearing about this black hole. Why not take 1% off the mega rich in taxes? That would fill some of the ‘black hole ‘!! Also how is he going to fix the NHS when we have sooomany people coming in without passports taking from a system millions of us have paid in. Where was this info in labour manifesto……

[@rainbow-shine6946]

But didn’t ask if he and his mates in Parliament were keeping their heating benefits?

[@evelyncraig7243]

​@@susanwills2243They don't want NHS working .Don't know about in England but here in Scotland private hospitals .clinics dentists opening all over the centre .Tories and labour are wanting to run NHS down for private

[@JuneRowe-ny2ze]

Oh and your expenses and money spent on boat people are more justified !! He Absolutely discusts me beyond words 😈 Evil man

[@c.v.yardley]

@@phildonnelly1992 😅🙈

[@Robert-y4r]

The most hated PM of all time, already.

[@deadandburied7626]

Nobody can beat Thatcher for being hated!

[@ivorharden]

​@deadandburied7626 this guy has been in the job 2 months and is hated, Thatcher was hated after a few years..... this guy is the worst.

[@JamesSheehan-s7n]

Wait and see,I think you will be proved wrong ​@@deadandburied7626

[@BACALL1965]

​@@deadandburied7626 She was sensible with the economy for people who were doing unnecessary jobs.

[@MargotDobbie]

​@@deadandburied7626Thatcher is nothing on this man. I was around for both and I'm from north Wales.

[@terryb392]

Same script every time they are an embarrassment,

[@jordanbryan555]

Stop voting for them then.

[@terryb392]

@@jordanbryan555 I can proudly say I didn't vote for them I remember what they sre like,

[@davemh14252]

​@@terryb392 me too

[@jordanbryan555]

@terryb392 Yes, and you account for a majority? Most of the people on here voted for him, or no one. But they still moan. If someone else won, you'd see all the headlines about the bad things they're doing. Look up kier starmer, no ones focused on what he's trying to do, just what presents he has. Which again most of the people moaning would do the same. Free accommodation to help your son? Saved a good chunk of his salary taking that which he needs as he now needs to buy his own suits too. The pettiness of people on here is a little sad, really. They want him to struggle but don't want the country to struggle... baffling

[@adds-kz3oc]

@@jordanbryan555 The problem is people most people were swindled by MSM to vote for Labour which promised them change for the better. Any person willing to put an ounce of research into their "policies" and what they stand for could see this is exactly how it would have ended up. But most people don't care and they vote as they are told.

[@EileenBradley-p8g]

How many times does he not answer the questions and say the same things over and over I’m sick of him saying the triple lock.

[@keefwolfson]

Even the trade unions know that Labour has seriously messed up with this decision.

[@SunnyBirak]

This man is a disgrace 😢

[@AndrewHawkes-uj5ux]

No social responsibility to its own citizens. They shouldn't be able to enforce it ! Attacking the vulnerable says all about these risable people .

[@madelineerwin9743]

He keeps saying 22 billion black hole,he would rather look after his rich friends and illegal immigrants!!!

[@Raven-qj8xk]

@@gavinsmith9564 staying in EU would have cost 244 billion. Both are a complete bureaucratic ponza scheme. Brexit shouldnt have cost a penny. Done properly we only needed the word 'No' and countered any export taxes imposed by EU by doing the same in return on imports.. e.g. French wine and cheese and German cars 1000% import tax. They'd soon crumble.

[@MARAK709]

Oh yeah because rich people are well known friends of illegal immigrants.

[@vincentlauria7857]

£22 billion - is that what was spent on the nasal dictator’s suits and glasses and his wives dresses?

[@Raven-qj8xk]

@@vincentlauria7857 I think there actually his dresses

[@DK-dq8bu]

He ain’t bothered, his mate Ali is there to pay his expenses.

[@agffans5725]

Denmark here, I wonder where the UK £22 billion budget deficit this year is coming from ?, when "tiny" Denmark has seen an increasing government budget surplus in the range of around $9bn to $18 billion a year since 2021, despite a huge increase in military spending's and the several $ billions worth of military aid for Ukraine. The main difference between Denmark and the UK I can see, is how Denmark has approached the issue about illegal immigrants and refugees the past decade. The leadership in the UK, right or left and elsewhere have so far been pretending that there is little they can do about refugees and immigrants, as if they are fighting a hopeless battle against the EU and the rest of the world, and like it's a "law of nature", but if we look closer at Denmark, that totally changed it's stand on this issue due to the Danish Muhammed cartoon riots of 2006 in the Middle East, with burning Danish flags and embassies and following terror attacks, that was the eye-opener that changed everything in Danish politics. Today, there are only 14 asylum camps in total in Denmark, while the number was as high as 98 in 2015 less than 10 years ago. Right now, there are around 2,600 people accommodated in the Danish asylum camps, out of these 450 are staying in one of the deportation camps, and 700 are Ukrainians of which some are passing quickly through the system. These numbers are surprisingly low when considering that 25,000 arrive every month in neighboring Germany these days, not to forget what is going on in France and the UK, and despite the external pressure from neighboring countries and the UN and EU. Denmark have also not accepted their absolute UN "mandatory" share of minimum of 500 resettlement refugees per year since 2015. So during the last 7 years, only 235 quota refugees have arrived in total, coming from refugee camps in Rwanda and only 1 resettlement refugee was granted a permit in 2023.

[@agffans5725]

Perhaps I should add that in Denmark both the far-left and far-right are almost nonexistent because the Social Democrats (equivalent to the UK Labour) are tough on immigration, not least from the Middle East, just as there is now double up on the penalty for doing crime and gang violence in ghettos and mandatory Kindergartens in ghettos for small children so they get to learn the Danish language and culture, and cutting social benefits if their immigrant parents do no comply. It's kind of crazy that there can be so much of a gap and difference between the media and old Socialist parties in Denmark, in compare with especially neighboring countries like Sweden + the UK, though Sweden are now finally, but slowly, adopting all the Danish immigration laws one by one and the UK and elsewhere eventually will be forced to do the same, no matter who are in charge.

[@matchfactoryman]

My mum taught me to get up from my seat when shaking hands with anybody, male or female. My Dad was an engineer, not a tool maker and he worked hard to bring home the bacon. Sadly it appears old fashioned values like, manners and looking after the elderly; some of the poorest in society, are not present in the current, hopefully soon to be ex prime minister

[@petergrace4047]

It can be difficultto stand up in a studio situation when you are wired up for sound.

[@tommymorrison6478]

Honestly, I have to smile - at your arrogance and at your conceit. Your entire comment could be translated as "I think I'm wonderful because I lack the imagination to understand that, just because I was brought up to believe certain things, it doesn't follow that those things are true, necessary, or desirable."

[@HAMISHEASTONMACKAYDAWSON]

@@tommymorrison6478 It's you who are lacking in imagination if you can't see the desirability of social grace and manners.

[@XTSu-sl1bb]

He is proud that he isn’t gonna cut the foreign aid budget but take money from British pensioners. I think it’s quite clear who this man stands for?

[@wulfsorenson8859]

@jasonvoorhees5640got to get the money for Zelensky and his wife’s friend Netanyahu ✡️

[@thebaronharkanon2236]

@@gavinsmith9564 🤡

[@sharonreichter2537]

He is an embarrassment to this country in every way. He's not sorry at all. He's like an automaton.

[@garyb5998]

Squeaky Door.....can you repost your indignation against the Tories

[@sharonreichter2537]

@@garyb5998 No. Nothing equals the depths that Labour has sunk to.

[@TheTMinchin]

Why should he be sorry? Because some pensioners, who aren't in poverty, wouldn't get some pocket money through the winter.......oh.

[@sharonreichter2537]

@@TheTMinchin Because pensioners worked all their life and deserve to be able to pay their fuel bills.

[@HopeGreen-m7i]

wow so u prefer the epstein savillites in power?? says it all u pe rve

[@Saavvvv]

Any self respecting mp would refuse their own heating allowance given this situation. Absolute disgrace.

[@Manxmann]

He has no idea what an apology is. He talks about 22 billion, the theft from the pensioners won't have an effect on his black hole. I would like to give him 2 black eyes.

[@arthurmackrell8154]

So would I.

[@CharlesAvery-u7p]

Ditto

[@suzysharpe2141]

Me too !

[@blue_red_screen]

Blame the people that gave him over 400 seats

[@DelilahThompson-s9f]

22 billion is nothing compared to the the amount this government will waste over the years. Worse PM in the history of the Labour Party.

[@silentgirltears782]

Why do MPs not sacrifice all their heating allowances ??

[@williambradbury1919]

They are not stopping their own winter payment's. In fact, they have increased them.

[@oneoflokis]

💯

[@Brian-om2hh]

Plus they handed train drivers a pay rise *larger* than the annual basic state pension......

[@taffyterrier]

@@Brian-om2hh plus they handed junior doctors a pay rise even larger than the annual basic state pension.

[@etrur2595]

@@Brian-om2hhwell it was either that or having no train services every couple weeks because they would’ve continued striking. The issue is he’s having to cater to everyone and fix the problems of the previous government. Don’t defend the winter fuel payments but he’s had 2 months to try repair 14 years of public fund misuse

[@LizMccormack-l8l]

He wont last too long in no 10

[@robharrison2232]

Why can’t MPs have a cut in wages and expenses instead of robbing pensions

[@Casseopeia777]

I am so impressed with Susanna Reid! I had not realised until this Winter Fuel debacle what a superb interviewer she is. Straight to the point and hangs on in there impervious to any fluff or flummery from the interviewee. Kudos!

[@ronventy798]

Apparently she kicked in the shins with her stilettos after that interview.

[@susanbrowne5544]

Yes well done.

[@carolsmart9586]

That was a cracking interview 😮

[@andygoulden9618]

Why didn't she ask the nurse, why have you not got an employment pension after 25 years in the NHS?

[@trevorsaunders580]

She still didn't get him to say sorry though did she.

[@gherkamum]

Mr Starmer Are You Happy Giving BILLION'S Abroad And Letting Down Our OAP'S Who Could Die This Winter.🥶And Who Have Built This Country..

[@sophie.sienna]

Yes he is happy because he's a traitor. Vote Reform

[@GilbertdeClare0704]

AND the £7 MILLION a day for those who have NEVER paid in ! ! Pensioners OR Zelensky ? ? Really tough choice !

[@janicebirch7522]

@@gherkamum Yes he is Does not care if they starve or freeze! Going to put up the inheritance tax on the sale of their houses if they own thdm as many will die. Many poor elderly are so distraught with what the prospect of what this Labour govt are INFLICTING upon them are considering suicide. May God save and help.tjem I Jesus name as guess what ? A Bill is being rushed through by this greed and ego obsessed Labour front bench to easily facilitate that! .And REEVES is going to tax working people in the UK to fund WARS in the Middle East, tribal Africa and Ukraine which the UK's legally resident citizens have had nothing to do with!! Just like Iraq!

[@sunsets7201]

@@GilbertdeClare0704 Is there one politician in the UK government who is not doing the US's bidding by putting British people's interests aside for foreign interests, stirring up heat in Europe to make people worry even more now than during Covid? Shame on the whole government, both sides.

[@HopeGreen-m7i]

I,M SURE URE YOUR POST WILL SAVE ONE GOOD ON YA LOL

[@Dawn-hb5pf]

Most pensioners will be dead by the time inflation stabilises. He needs to make a public apology to scared and frightened pensioners.

[@susanvanaken]

that might be the plan

[@PJS42]

I don't think that's by accident. On average the elderly voters don't vote Labour. They also receive pensions and receive NHS treatment. They also are in housing which he wishes to give to the thousands waiting to get on the ladder. It's not lost on me. Horrible man

[@helenemillar5175]

@@PJS42 Waiting to invade by boat, more like!!

[@MarkBates566]

What about pensioners abroad whose pensions are frozen

[@josephsweeney-ll1ni]

9 billion for unions 11 billion for other countries around the world but nothing for brits

[@billB101]

You know how foreign aid works right?

[@russellthompson9271]

​@@billB101 You know pensioners will die this winter RIGHT????!!!

[@billB101]

@@russellthompson9271 What does that have to do with what I just said here about foreign aid here?

[@Alan59-n9d]

@@billB101 How does it work , the UK bribes Countries like India with Foreign Aid while they send a Space Craft to Mars ? 🤣🤣🤣

[@curlywhite7326]

@@billB101 - Yes I do know know how it works thankyou. Do YOU KNOW why Miliband gets a budget of £11 Billion to galivant around the globe discussing "climate change" ???

[@XTSu-sl1bb]

8 billion to immigration? Any savings here

[@Raven-qj8xk]

Yup, thats the government stats, betcha bottom dollar it's at least double that. National office of statistics and the treasury are expert at creative accounting...

[@DaveZee823]

Blair let them in the first place​. This is Labour's doing.@freko106

[@badabingbadaboomboom]

Perhaps if they stopped funding proxy wars, to immense cost to the tax payer, there wouldn't be so many immigrants

[@meridianleeward6370]

Funny how the MSM never ask him that?

[@XTSu-sl1bb]

@@Raven-qj8xk it’s likely 22 billion black hole

[@hammertic]

😮 Our pension is not a gift from the government , it's the return of the weekly /monthly loans we have made them over the course of our working lives !

[@sjones9180]

you could not be more wrong. Your pension contributions paid directly the pensioners receiving money at the time you were working. Your pension is funded directly by the NI contributions of those in work now. It is called a "pay as you Go" system which is economically illiterate. Sensible countries like Singapore and HK have national provident funds where Pension contributions are invested to generate a return to pay the pensions on retirement. however when LLoyd George set up the first state pension back in the day, pensioners were not expected to live much beyond 67, so the 2 years of pension payments were not seen as a huge cost. We are all now suffering from that original decision.

[@TheWildPikey]

​@@sjones9180so they weren't really wrong then, you said more or less the same thing in a much longer jumped up way.

[@wfifa199]

@@hammertic no it's not

[@littlepippin8445]

Actually, you were paying for the pensioners back in the day, not for your own pension,,,,

[@mjh5437]

""Back in the day"" when people were intelligent enough not to use meaningless trash hiphop expressions like ""back in the day""

[@olivergreen9379]

He doesnt understand that many and i repeat many pensioners have worked longer than we have, have paid taxes, national insurance, have had a higher work ethic. The whole system is totally unreasonable and unfair and poor pensioners dont even have a say into it! You are a disgrace Keir! Edit: just to say, his attitude towards Susannas entrance when he shook hands with her. Couldnt even stand up! Says a lot

[@Dawn-hb5pf]

He was defensive from the outset? I'm sick of hearing about 'pension credit. What about those pensioners living on less than £14,000 per year. The tripple lock won't cover the cost of inflation. So many pensioners will suffer because of his cruel actions.

[@richardjames3022]

Oh yes, the one thing I was REALLY looking forward to living below the official poverty line as I retire.

[@eileenhewson442]

If they also remove the 25 per cent sole occupancy council tax allowance that's my state pension increase gone in one fell swoop.

[@eileenhewson442]

Plus I as many others are just a few pounds above being able to claim pension credit

[@Eekyellie]

Heartbreaking fir all the pensioners whi will have a miserable winter shivering under blankets in an ice cold home. And probably restricted in suitable food choices to keep them healthy.

[@tsavin]

They''ll still get the payment then., they can earn up to £512/week and get the payment.

[@robharris8844U]

He prefers to put boat people in 5* accommodation at taxpayers expense.

[@gingerturtle4229]

What do you expect they will be voting for him next time, if you can’t get the indigenous population to vote for you just ship in those who will.

[@anty66]

Referring to Ukraine he says we opened up our country to take in Ukrainians because that's the "COUNTRY THAT WE ARE". So we took away Pensioners heating allowance because "THAT'S THE COUNTRY THAT WE ARE" Hmmmmm ""

[@danhall7991]

BILLIONS in foreign aid.

[@christineworthington4214]

Don't believe a word this man says 🤬🤬

[@ClydeSlobbs]

Not a man at all

[@fulloftruthguardian5420]

Who Richard Madeley? Completely agree.

[@ruthsmith1694]

They all lie which ever party gets in. They promise this and that to get our votes. Which ever party governs they leave behind a mess and massive debt.

[@Europhile]

Are you thinking of Johnson perhaps?

[@paulagilbert1982]

​@@fulloftruthguardian5420no sausage starmer

[@MultipleMadness1]

Didn’t even stand up to shake your hand, how arrogant

[@Fireglo]

That's normal. Standing up would mess up the mic.

[@bichonbuffo]

you lost, get over it

[@C6Wolves]

You got tricked get over it​@@bichonbuffo

[@godotttt990]

@@Fireglo Correct.

[@OggyGTA]

Etiquette passed this guy by. You can tell he lacks decency the way he stabbed Corbyn in the back.

[@---Kevin-J-Ripley---]

OK I got it........fix the NHS by cutting the winter fuel allowance so thousands of our elderly have to use the NHS Because they have complications through Hypothermia

[@janicebirch7522]

@@---Kevin-J-Ripley--- They will probably die the poorest with malnutrition or freezing! And I don't blame our brilliant BRITISH NURSES in the SEXIST and consultant and doctor BMA privatised NHS considering STRIKING in protest As they carry the doctors and consultants in the hospital WARDS AND THEATRES of WES STREETING'S proposed conveyor belt operating tables ! THEY KNOW it is at least cruel and T worst immoral as THEY, the NURSES will be nursing the elderly dying before their time in the UK people's, TWO KIER NHS!

[@partyp3opl393]

I think you mean hypothermia ...

[@janicebirch7522]

@@partyp3opl393The elderly people already in acute pain due to being pushed to the back of THEIR NHS QUEQUES for operatiins : the poor whom cannot afford private healthcare or loans to buy it: they know only too well what awaits them from this monstrous Labour govt MACHINE! As do the BRILLIANT BRITISH NURSES , who CARRY many of the majority male consultants and falsely called, junior doctors in the BMA, unionised and politicised, SEXIST NHS! They will be striking in protest as it is they the NURSES ( majority are women) who will be expected to be on the FRONT LINE of Wes Streeting's conveyor belt operating ' theatres ' AND expected to treat the very sick and poor elderly, freezing , starving and dying before their time due to the callous policies of spread sheet , tax guzzling REEVES, STARMER, LAMMY, RAYNER and now STREETING ( not in a safe seat) but no longer CARES!

[@janicebirch7522]

Yes typos : operations !

[@badabingbadaboomboom]

Always taking from and attacking the most vulnerable

[@margaretcardona2165]

I admire this lady's persistence. Well done!👏

[@Jose-3nn]

What sort of a man stays sitting down to shake the hand of a woman entering the room like that?

[@94hydenseek]

I noticed that right away too, just shows you what he is really like!

[@susanshadrake6193]

A rude and boorish one

[@Spin_Spin_Sugar]

Arrogant

[@Capricorn2800]

He is so arrogant he has no manners

[@stevie1da890]

A weasel?

[@michaellucas4873]

What a thoroughly ghastly and uncaring individual.

[@godotttt990]

Yes, Boris was.

[@SB-hm4iw]

Why shouldn’t this be means tested?

[@michaellucas4873]

@@SB-hm4iw So who exactly has suggested that it shouldn't?

[@apox5308]

Trying to pull heart strings. Pensioners are not the most vulnerable in society. What about kids who are genuinely facing poverty - where are all the conversations around this?’

[@blue_red_screen]

@michaellucas4873 congratulations to the people that voted for him

[@ShanePalmer-yo4og]

What a completely ghastly man. He has no feeling for the pensioners who, this coming winter, may well run the risk of freezing to death! The Tories were awful toward the end of the last 14 years. But this bunch are even worse. There really is only Reform UK that seems to offer a future for this country and ALL it's citizens.

[@BulletPointFitnessPodcast]

Now you have some small taste of how every young working person has felt under the last 14 years of Tory rule. Imagine hearing things every day like this that worked against your wellbeing FOR 14 YEARS! You lot are getting this treatment for the first time and honestly, I'm sitting back with a box of popcorn

[@ShanePalmer-yo4og]

@@BulletPointFitnessPodcast lol... You're obviously far too young to appreciate that this is exactly what a Labour government is like. I've lived through the Labour governments of the 60's, 70's and then the Blair/Brown years. And do believe me when I say that this guy Starmer is going to be even worse for the country than any of his predecessors. The last 14 years have been bad, but this lot are going to be even worse. Just look at the way the Pensioners are being dealt with - these are people who have worked all their lives AND paid their taxes and National Insurance Stamps. They should now expect to be looked after in old age. NOT put in a place where they could actually die. And there will be more to come. This bunch have lost all understanding of the "Working Class people", there're champagne socialists and have no allegiance to the people that have actually put them in power. And remember, although they have the seats, their vote percentage is quite low. The way they are going on they'll lose the "Red Wall" to Reform UK as the months and next few years go on. This bunch WILL NOT get reelected at the next General Election. They'll waste the majority they have and be back in the wilderness, as indeed will the Tories be.....for years to come. Times are changing...

[@BulletPointFitnessPodcast]

@@ShanePalmer-yo4og I've watched hot takes from your generation too many times turn out to be a disaster, sorry. Brexit being a prime example. History has no reason whatsoever to repeat itself. It can. But it's not set in stone.

[@BulletPointFitnessPodcast]

@@ShanePalmer-yo4og also... You'll be fine

[@LadyLuck8_4]

No liebour. No reform thnx.

[@Monsoon-sd6vr]

I cant get pension credit, my income is low enough but I have £5000 more in savings that I should have. Thought I would spend that on my funeral save the state paying !!

[@lindamckenna-qe3ts]

Why didn’t she ask him about illegal immigrants coming on boats, and sending Money overseas ? That would heal the so called black hole.

[@tulip51-cn1zx]

Exactly.

[@judithmorganjudyteen]

Not allowed probably

[@chongxina8288]

Because that’s “racist” like just about everything else these days.

[@JB_inks]

@@chongxina8288 well, let's face it - it is. The immigrants (who aren't illegal) need somewhere to stay while their claims are being processed. They also need food. That's all they get. If we can process their claims quicker it'll cost us less. Also, why don't we allow them to work, like other EU countries do?

[@raptorheli2]

​@@JB_inks I suggest you look into what they get in diff parts of the country. I know for a fact around me they are getting driving lessons, £1500 vouchers for TVs, washing machines etc, free taxis, priority doctors and dentist appointments, priority housing if available. If they came from a safe country and not via one of our partner countries they are illegal as per current gov rules, which conflict with ECHR ones ofcourse.

[@annealbrecht396]

No it’s not 😡 the pensioners have paid all their lives into the system. I can’t believe this man is our Prime Minister

[@jordanbryan555]

We assume this, but many haven't worked a day in their life and rely on the government for every inch of their survival.

[@tsavin]

That's why they have their triple lock protected pensions.

[@Will-ik1cb]

Also, let us not forget that that 27% of pensioners have an overall asset base of over £1m, and they are by far the wealthiest demographic. Stopping a non-means tested payment to people who, by and large, don't need it is absolutely the right thing to do. As is setting up an inquiry into the scandal of PPE contracts worth billions being fraudulently handed out to their mates by the previous government.

[@hqew6662]

And now they take more out of the system than they ever put in. While also getting a triple lock. It’s time we invest in our future generations. Pensioners have had it good. So good that future generations will never get the same opportunities.

[@BulletPointFitnessPodcast]

Isn't it interesting though, how nobody ever says the vast majority of pensioners are living in fully paid off houses? Their overall living expense is considerably lower than literally everybody else. Look, us working folk are now paying over a quarter of our income on taxes. Then the other half of the pie goes on rent/mortgage repayments. Leaving us with a quarter of our income to simultaneously invest in a secure future and put food on the table now. And no, avocado on toast and Netflix is not equivalent to the hundreds of pounds lost in real terms pay cuts, with wages not keeping up with inflation. Meanwhile, your generation has come up in a time of excess, where getting a house was equivalent to two years' pay (it's about 20 now) and a simple job was enough to provide for a family. We're not in that world anymore. Yes you've been paying into the system all your life, but it got you security and certainty and safety. We are paying in now, but the difference is - it isn't getting us those things. So what if you have to spend a little more now, it's just brings you ever so slightly closer to the breadline the rest of us have been precariously balancing on all our working lives. Cry me a river. You'll be fine in your fully paid off house and booked cruise trip next summer. The last 14 years of Tory rule have been giving to pensioners and taking from workers, because they knew it would get them votes. Now - the one instance one little thing is taken from your entitled selves, you all kick off. It's a comedy and a tragedy at the same time.

[@vivienwoodland8598]

I'm a pensioner age 69 still work as a HCA on minimum wage 12 hour shifts because I cannot afford to retire. Prime minister this winter will you and your family have warmth in your home this year because I won't. I'm not on pension credit as my husband who's stage 3 cancer still works. We last a holiday in 2008 we don't drink we don't smoke we don't go out we don't have a car. Iv worked 53 years how many years have the boat people worked to qualify for benifits. Claw your 22billion back from them not pensioners you are a joke

[@kas3966]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@nirmalsandhu5256]

They don’t get benefits…

[@lucyclark4881]

@@nirmalsandhu5256who doesn’t????? The people coming over on boats get benefits, houses, free health care the lot! Absolute joke we need to look after our own people

[@timsplanet2]

If you’re on pension credit, you will receive the winter fuel allowance

[@GHOOGLEMALE]

@@lucyclark4881 I'm a similar age and worked all my life in similar positions. I made a life choice to pay into workplace pension schemes and that was hard, it would have been easy to have not done that and just spent the lot. I find those that declined to join and pay in are now struggling on minimum pensions - Let this be a lesson to everyone in work, don't take it all without thought for the future however difficult that may be - You WILL need to rely on pension schemes, you WON'T have the Gov to bail you out.

[@carolmccullagh5348]

Let the MPs pay for their fuel bills and not claim them on expenses. That would save a fortune!!!

[@craygward9634]

I’m sick of hearing about their inheritance and the mythical £22bn black hole!! 🤬🤬🤬

[@bustermika18]

Me too 🥱

[@Truth_above_everything]

Yes! It’s like me buying a messy house and then complaining about how messy it is instead of fixing it!

[@spillage9392]

Do you honestly expect them to have fixed everything in two months?

[@ZioXCOD]

im sick of hearing his voice and his lame excuses tbh. its like a robot stuck on repeat

[@TonyWelch75]

@@spillage9392spending £9b on train driver wage increases to please your paymasters won’t help fix things

[@keithporter4120]

Dreadful Prime Minister, horrible human being. “Had no choice” but to cut the WFA but will pay £8bn out in foreign aid, give train drivers, junior doctors and others massive pay rises 😡

[@fulloftruthguardian5420]

Why shouldn't junior doctors and train drivers get a pay rise in line with inflation?

[@ianlarman]

More than 8 billion! At least another £11 billion on foreign 'net zero' projects (god knows where this will go) and 3.5 billion to a foreign warlord 'as long as it takes' 😡

[@JohnHilaryMartin]

Why has Starmer not added a few pence in taxes, on the most wealthiest of people in Britain, to pay for the shortfall, instead of penalising the most vulnerable in British society.

[@paulfisher6049]

Because he is one of those people,and full of GREED

[@stevefoster5789]

How is it going to help the NHS by having 1000s of pensioners becoming ill with the cold . My God it is like talking to a brick wall

[@ireneclark6871]

Every migrant landing in this country, don't put them into accommodation paying a fortune out. Pay for one flight ticket home. Give pensioners back the WFP

[@ianhobbs]

They will be kept warm at our expense. Let’s not forget their room service. I bet that costs more then £300

[@jaminic16]

This man is robotic he hears nothing, pensioners are just not worth anything to Labour

[@jeanmitchell5834]

I think he wants them gone......

[@niburu1508]

@jaminic16 - speaks as if he is a the pulpit - preaching. How he got to be a leader is a mystery to me.

[@mystation5707]

@@jaminic16 seems he sees them as an expense and not what they have done for the country. They aren’t bringing in their own money now and therefore no longer contributing taxes. He and his top 2 are a disgrace.

[@kentprepper6392]

I know someone that works with him and they say exactly the same thing, he has a plan of his own and will not listen to anyone...but remember he is just the very well compensated front man, he not actually in charge he simply does as hes paid to do.

[@barbaracanning9897]

I’m frightened for our future with this PM and Labour Government. 😢😢😢

[@bigbobbybrown1483]

Lets not forget that 79% of the voting population did NOT vote for him

[@RovingRoy]

So maybe people should vote then. This is what you get with citizen apathy.

[@vincentlauria7857]

80% of the 20% who did vote Labour only did so to punish the Tories. Two tier Keir and his party of careerist robots are an absolute embarrassment.

[@Auraiwan-o7u]

Vote Reform. Our only hope.

[@theRab1609]

​@@Auraiwan-o7u never

[@BlyatimirPootin]

Cope

[@BEEINLONDON]

That's all he says 22 billion black hole over and over and over again!!!!!!!!!!!!...........................

[@jameshenning8002]

Obsesed with 22 billion the man is strange, no mention of emigration costs,MPs fuel allowance,foreign aid,net zero etc. Inflation. Is now 2.5% did Labour do this ?

[@jake751]

3 billion to Ukraine

[@godotttt990]

@@jake751 To stop WW3. Keep up.

[@lorgarsqueef]

​@@jake751 in fairness, this is money well spent as long as it isn't syphoned away through corruption. I'd like to know why we have sent 11.6B overseas for the 'climate crisis'. Between that and the overseas aid we send, there's c20B

[@sharonreichter2537]

Plenty of other ways to stabalise the economy - stop the boats and stop the incentive for economic migrants coming.

[@neilkendrick4976]

ah, the sweet words of the intelligent one, stop sending weapons to israel, reduce mps allowances, etc.

[@jacobmackenzie7971]

the people on the boats are refugees fleeing war torn countries, not economic migrants. Also migrants are good for the economy

[@radioweebdx7680]

£22 Billion Black Hole, £22 Billion Black Hole, £22 Billion Black Hole. Say a lie enough times to become the truth.

[@barbarap6201]

but never quantifies what this black hole is. Just a script from a typical lawyer playing games

[@tommymorrison6478]

How do you know it's a lie? Name your sources.

[@tommymorrison6478]

@@Capri-x8m Ok, he promised things. Why does that make him a joke?

[@desmondroberts6034]

@radioweebx7680 The OBR are lying to cover for a Labour Govt? Did you not see the announcement that public debt has hit 100% of GDP for the first time since 1961?

[@nathanmitchell295]

He is using it to blur the lines between economic inheritance and fiscal inheritance.

[@GloriaHoulihan]

Apparently the black hole is not there until 2028.

[@dean7442]

His first answer... "Well it's tough" then goes on to blame others....Yes, unfortunately we are now dealing with a narcissist in power.

[@Raven-qj8xk]

Usually the person calling people a narcissist is the real narcissist... but on this occasion your correct.

[@Beckyboo37]

That's how narcissists work

[@nicschintee1511]

well you guys voted for him, you thought the tories were bad. He takes the cake

[@Beckyboo37]

@@nicschintee1511 I don't vote for narcissists.

[@michellejones1618]

@@nicschintee1511I voted Reform, millions of us did , five MPs in parliament.😡

[@robertcave-xz9qz]

Could not even show simple manners by standing up when his interviewer greeted him. This man is fake through and through.

[@jaythompson2554]

So right

[@bubbagump3476]

First thing I noticed, he stayed sat down. The man is vile like Tony Blair. The left accuse them both of being centre right. Wake up. Labour are not for the working class. They are for the spongers in society that they can control.

[@think-and-check]

Not to wrinkle his trousers... Must have "paid" 5000 for them

[@antoniokasto4293]

Perfect what you say

[@namin1411]

Totally agree. 😂😂not watched no news since he won as 😮😢

[@mrcashy5]

Shouldn’t he have stood up when shaking your hand to greet you that’s what gentleman do.

[@Lisa-oc2cd]

I thought that but wondering now if it comes across as Starmer looking weak. Surely you should meet your opponent eye to eye, should never allow them to look down on you.

[@alexanderevanska4274]

He isn't a gentleman.

[@janicebirch7522]

No gentle man

[@sheenamcleod3386]

That's what I thought. No manners😡

[@Marthawendy-sz2mk]

@@sheenamcleod3386he has very weak knees,. Just look how he crosses them to conceal its massive insecurities,.. this is how women sit when they’re feeling vulnerable🤣🧚‍♀️

[@Jonnydea]

How much of that has been spent on illegal immigrants? Isn’t it £5 million a day.. and that was a year ago

[@Michael-yq2ut]

They DON'T have to do this policy, they are lying to everyone.

[@stephanlazarz1921]

Spot On.

[@BLUESKY-zt1nv]

proof ...?

[@ZzzZzz968]

@@BLUESKY-zt1nvhe managed to find £600 million to give to Ukraine . A ‘war’ that has nothing to do with us

[@thePeterpumpkin68]

Get real! 😂 MPs lie ALL the time​@@BLUESKY-zt1nv

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@BLUESKY-zt1nv Well Labour have refused a freedom of information request to show how the £22 billion amount was calculated. Why might they do that if what they're claiming is true? And what about the £10 billion the Bank of England just handed them? Labour claims paying the Winter Heating Allowance would have crashed the economy, yet awarding train drivers a pay rise *larger* than the annual basic state pension will not.... Funny that... And if there is this massive shortfall in the economy, why is Starmer allowing Angela Rayner to spend £68'000 on a photographer for her photos?

[@AnneDouglas-hf2bf]

I have paid my national insurance stamps since I was 15 years old. And the government keep calling it a benefit. A benefit is for people that have not paid into National insurance stamps. It's about time the government said sorry to these people. I paid into my DWP which means Department Of Working Pension. Not a benefit. It's about time they called it something else. And stop penalising the pensions.

[@elizabethbutler3364]

Spot on.

[@mark.e.p]

State pensions are not benefits. Because benefits are not taxable State pensions are!

[@donnyetta]

Is it difficult to say " I am sorry that this makes some pensioners' lives difficult"? So arrogant 🤦‍♀️

[@davefish8107]

But that would be a lie, he doesn’t care . Can’t have our PM telling lies can we

[@barbarap6201]

as long as he has multiple pairs of glasses - arrogance and entitlement

[@pamp7]

The three labour candidate help themself with winterfuel allowance cruel let the elderly pensionersuffer in the cold weather shame on them Even thepeople from the whole world talking about uk how old frail elderly people winter fuel was taken away . But they want do it tontheir own parentts Disgrace

[@Dave_Smith647]

Why didn’t you just send the immigrants back before putting them before the pensioners you wouldn’t have To stop it

[@thebaronharkanon2236]

because they will turn into labour voters, old people won't

[@petermervyn9263]

22 billion, 22billion, 22 billion. I lost count of how many times he squawked those words. This guy has no shame, he could not even apologise to the pensioners for removing their winter fuel allowance. I could not stand Starmer before he got elected and since his election I have run out of words to describe this horrible individual.

[@margaretpeterson819]

VOTE fORAGE only hope for U.k

[@robertlonsdale5326]

Did he mention "difficult decisions"?

[@Summer-rb2ol]

😂😂😂😂​@@margaretpeterson819

[@Loug21]

11 billion to Africa and 11 billion to his union pay masters, he must think we fell out of a tree

[@stewartsmith6182]

This reply is his default setting when he can't answer the question.

[@sheenamcleod3386]

What a horrible man. He couldn't say sorry to that poor woman,who had been a nurse. 😡😡😡 Words actually fail me how deaf he is to public feeling...his choice😡😡😡😡😡

[@fulloftruthguardian5420]

Why should he say sorry? Labour does not apologise for the Conservative mess! Labour have been fighting it for years!

[@HopeGreen-m7i]

yep vote tory so ALL HOSPITALS COLLAPDSE THEN COMPLAIN I WAS ALSO A NURSE, UNDER TORIES ALWAYS UNDERFUNDED AND U COMPLAIN WHEN LABOUR DON,T GIVE U EXTRAS

[@Sean-xy4hk]

@@fulloftruthguardian5420because no one has forced him to punish pensioners living in poverty, he could have taxed the wealthy instead

[@mazybee9149]

Makes me really upset he couldn't apologise

[@Micegift]

Not to mention the fact that the bank of England has just gifted him £10 billion which would more than pay for the winter fuel allowance? Do you have a point is that nobody is complaining about wealthy pensioners having the winter fuel payment taken away from them but they’ve gone about it the whole wrong way. They have all but admitted the fact that they did no risk assessment on this whatsoever. The money they think they are saving from this is going to go straight back to the NHS when all of these pensioners are literally a penny or two above the pension credit threshold that will lose their WFP will probably end up in hospital with cold related ailments and costly NHS more than what they would’ve saved? If they have just done this properly and use their brains before they acted, then they would’ve got a lot more support. If I was to make a suggestion on how to do it, I would raise the threshold on pension credit to make sure that those who really did need it will be eligible to receive it and then have the means testing in so that the Winterfield payments are taken away from those you don’t need it next year. At least then it gives the government a chance to make sure that they can get it right because that way in the long-term they’re so far more than what they will do now?

[@carolparkes9489]

Well done Suzanne, you have shown us exactly what our PM thinks of our country's pensioners, we are bottom of his list, we are an easy target for him because we can't go on strike like everyone else can who are still working, I am so angry and upset that he didn't have the decency to apologise to that lovely nurse and all the pensioners of this country for taking our WFP! Starmer will go down in history as the worst PM this country has ever seen! What a truly uncaring man he is. Shame on him! Well I tell you something, PM we pensioners will not forgive or forget the way you are treating us the next time we all come to vote!

[@pdxxtqhf]

I'm sick and tired of them repeating this unsubstantiated claim of a 22 billion black hole.

[@lynneroberts3628]

Me to

[@traceymalone824]

Yup and moaning on about the mess.

[@Silvermachine7]

It wasn't a black hole. They have paid more than this out in wage increases and donations to overseas "climate change" assistance. They made all these decisions since coming into government. This is a black hole of their own making.

[@Ambersheild]

He mentioned the 22 billion at least 8 times

[@DavidReed-zb1vb]

Totally agree, labour were responsible partly for the deficit too....but that's not mentioned.

[@TheSuperHarrygeorge]

It’s TOUGH !that sums up his mindset for the elderly .🤬

[@richardguest4574]

Yeah, tough for them. Not for him though.

[@Only.Pans86]

This man is a real danger.

[@BeastlyBallistics-jh5qi]

he actually says 'its tough'. The rest was bluster to justify himself but those first words sum up his empathy for pensioners who may die.. 'tough'.

[@nicholaselliott9908]

I struggle to find anything decent or trustworthy about this man

[@Maz-31]

It's only 22 billion because he has given 11 million away

[@ant270]

and the rest, millions for Italy, millions for an energy company that will generate no energy, millions for unions.....

[@peterbalac1915]

I would like to know how much money the illegal INVASION has cost and is costing every week.

[@Mary-lx3zs]

THIS MAN NEVER ANSWERS A QUESTION

[@ruthsmith1694]

They are all the same no matter which politician it is.

[@sjones9180]

what politician does? Its usually "Thank you for the excellent question, I'm now going to ignore it and tell you something I want you to hear" - standard media training its called ABC - Acknowledge, Bridge, Communicate

[@kynkokytsumi1931]

Apart from about the football tickets...

[@janicekirby7070]

Politicians never do answer questions!

[@stevenlowe1841]

Show me a politician who does ,

[@karentyler4528]

Why doesn't he capped the MPs allowances. Stop the second homes bought with taxpayers' money. See how much that would save the country Alot more than stopping pensioners winter heating allowance

[@DuncanPlant-px4tu]

His father was a tool maker, he was certainly good at his job.

[@susanvanaken]

Ha ha

[@melgrant7404]

Very skilled.

[@michaelhole4894]

Thanks for todays first giggle. 🤣😂👍😂🤣

[@stepheneurosailor1623]

His father was not a toolmaker his father owned a factory that employed toolmakers.

[@marykopperer6828]

That's funny. I agree with you!

[@robertcooper8939]

He's to busy heating hotels

[@RsRs-o4r]

Vote reform

[@TwineLightMedia]

The worst tool his dad ever made was Kier

[@leonsimmonez]

Maybe stop paying £8 million a day housing illegal immigrants. Just an idea!

[@dorothykirby1928]

How many sodding times is he going to mention the black hole, “used to be a parrot but I’m not now”

[@radioweebdx7680]

The so called "Black Hole" is nothing but gaslighting to make an excuse to rob us of every penny we have got.

[@PaulLancaster-hj3kx]

He says it more often than his dad was a Toolmaker.

[@FranklinYoung-s9d]

How will he keep inflation down if his union paymasters ramp up their pay demands!

[@oneoflokis]

There's enough money for all in truth. And in recent years, pay rises (there haven't been any) have NOT been driving inflation!

[@94hydenseek]

Which they will

[@patbarrows8929]

He gave the train drivers a pay rise and they don’t even drive the trains they virtually drive themselves yet bus drivers are in a small hot cab and have to drive through narrow streets.

[@oneoflokis]

@@patbarrows8929 Maybe bus drivers should get more then...

[@FalcomScott312]

That's our brave PM not apologising to no one here in Britain that voted for change here!

[@annealbrecht396]

😂😂😂😂l

[@dottieland7061]

Typical lawyer admit nothing!!!

[@Cranium1210]

How about tell the Ukraine you cant help anymore because you dont have the money and spend that money in house .