Their only defence is: “Rich pensioners don’t need the benefit”. Ok. Introduce a wealth tax and stop those at the bottom of the ladder hurting.

BREAKING: The British Trades Union Congress, representing 48 affiliated unions with a total of about 5.5 million members have unanimously passed a motion demanding an end to all arms trading with Israel over the genocide in Gaza. #TUC2024

A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million could raise £24 billion — more than enough to fund Winter Fuel Payments, scrap the two-child benefit cap and support public sector workers. It’s time for the sixth-largest economy to tax the super-rich and distribute wealth fairly.

Rachel Reeves urges the 800,000 poorer pensioners who do not claim pension credit to do so, thereby restoring their right to the winter fuel payment too. Of course if they all did so it would wipe most of her savings from curtailing the winter payment. But then she probably knows

The NHS is absolutely worth fighting for tooth and nail.Those like Wes Streeting and Rory Stewart couldn't really care less.Streeting,in particular, should never be Health Secretary when he's taken nearly 200 grand from Private Health Care Providers. It's immoral, in all honesty!

Honestly why would @uklabour be cutting public spending as the economy flatlines and public services collapse? I guess they failed to do any preparatory work at all as far as I can see in anything - what about defence, social care regional policy - so now they are engaging in

A message to all politicians, of any political party... ***OUR NHS IS NOT FOR SALE!*** If you agree, reply with a 💙. #OurNHS

"Instead of enjoying my pregnancy, I have been vilified in the media, lost my career & dragged through the court system in what can only be described as a politically motivated show trial." - Statement from Marieha Hussain on "agonising" #CoconutsTrial following acquittal ⤵️

The DWP has just published its Equality Analysis of winter fuel payment cuts (yes, on Friday night). Around 71% of pensioners with a disability and 83% of the over-80s will lose the benefit. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66e479bf…

Lots of people would like some posh clothes to look their best and feel warm in the winter especially older people #DavidLammy

The latest revelations on the Labour right-wing’s sabotage of Jeremy Corbyn’s party leadership show that they never thought his policies couldn’t win elections. Their fear was that they could — and they would transform the country and global politics. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

So Huw Edwards gets a suspended sentence for buying and making pornographic images of children, while peaceful environmental defenders seeking to prevent social catastrophe get 3, 4 and 5 years. Some justice, this.

This Israeli psychotic stooge talks about 60,000 Israelis displaced ! Nothing about how Israeli terror has been displacing Palestinians for 76 years ! #c4news #pagers

What if Apple electronics were leaving the factory with explosives inside? How would the world react if hundreds of explosions went off in the US, UK, Israel or EU, and killed children? This is terrorism. It’s a game changer and everyone in the world is less safe for it.

Why is the BBC still employing Laura Kuenssberg and why the hell is the BBC letting her give Boris Johnson an interview to plug his new book. It is just sickening that people are being forced to pay for this crap.

Lisa Nandy has just said it’s only right that the winter fuel allowance shouldn’t be given to the more “wealthy” pensioners. Well, if she thinks a pensioner on £13500 year is wealthy, she should be made to live on it and see how she manages.

Chris Mason earns £260,000 - £264,999 Retweet if you think he is overpaid #BBC

Merseyside says #StopArmingIsrael!

To all those Labour supporters who hated Jeremy Corbyn, can I just say that as a man of integrity, he would never have accepted personal donations. He would never have taken money away from struggling families & he would certainly never have removed the winter fuel allowance.

People who send gifts to MPs and ministers could just send them to food banks and clothes banks instead.