The vote to axe the winter fuel payment to pensioners is a “pernicious, cruel act of Parliament”, according to Reform UK MP Lee Anderson.
He told GB News: “I voted to keep the winter fuel payment. This is a massive issue in my constituency…19,000 pensioners in Ashfield. This will affect 88 per cent of those. About 17,000 old age pensioners will lose their winter fuel payment as of today, thanks to this Labor Government.
“It will be damaging. They keep talking about these black holes they keep discovering left, right and centre, £22billion, which they've created themselves with these massive pay rises, public sector pay rises, and foreign climate aid nonsense.
“They want to spaff our money but electorally, I think next year we've got the county elections in Nottinghamshire and I'm telling you now, this will be on every single leaflet. I will name and shame every single Labour MP in Nottinghamshire that's voted, for this pernicious, cruel act of Parliament.”
Speaking to GB News’ Political Editor Christopher Hope, he said: “Lots of pensioners in my neck of the woods, as you know, it's not a rich area, they depend on this payment.
“Yes, we know there's some people that you know that could do without it, but nevertheless, we've got people managing on 12, 13, 14 grand a year. This, 300 quid they get is a godsend. It helps them pay the fuel bills through the winter.
“I’ve had pensioners actually crying on the phone. To me, it's absolutely disgusting what this so-called socialist Government's done.
“Sir Keir Starmer. I mean, what a snake he is. He was telling people not long ago, few years back, that old women were riding around on busses all day on the free bus pass to keep warm. What a load of nonsense that was.
“But, you know what, it’s come back to bite him, but I guess they're going to have to cut back on stuff. We see it a lot.
“We saw it a lot through Covid as well, where people go around each other's houses, share the bills for the day, join clubs, and what Starmer said about people traveling on buses, maybe we'll see an explosion in bus travel.”
He added: “They've been in that voting lobby and they have stolen £300 off millions of vulnerable pensioners and quite frankly, they should be ashamed of themselves.
“They need to have a long, hard look at themselves in the mirror tonight and realise what they've done. Shameful, disgusting, absolutely disgusting.”
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