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Exclusive: Labour Benefit Cap Rebels Warned They Face Fresh Crackdown As Winter Fuel Payment Vote Looms

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Seven MPs suspended by Labour could face a fresh crackdown by party bosses if they vote against the government’s decision to means test winter fuel payments, HuffPost UK can reveal.

John McDonnell, Richard Burgon, Zarah Sultana, Ian Byrne, Apsana Begum, Imran Hussain and Rebecca Long-Bailey had the party whip taken off them for six months in July after they defied Keir Starmer to back calls for the two child benefit cap to be scrapped.

However, they are still expected to vote with the government while they serve their suspension.

A party source said: “Their suspension letter says they are still expected to follow the Labour whip, which they are sent weekly.”

Ministers have agree to a Commons vote next Tuesday on chancellor Rachel Reeves’ controversial decision to remove winter fuel payments from around 10 million pensioners.

Two of the seven rebels – McDonnell and Sultana – have already said they are prepared to vote against the government again unless ministers water down their plans.

Four others – Burgon, Hussain, Byrne and Begum – have also signed a Commons motion calling on ministers to U-turn.

Sultana told HuffPost UK: “I’m planning to vote to keep pensioners out of fuel poverty as I did with voting to lift the two child benefit cap to keep children out of poverty.

“I look forward to the process about the whip concluding in January.”

McDonnell said: “I have told the whips that unless the government comes up with a serious change in its proposal, I will vote against.”

But HuffPost UK has learned that if they do vote against the government, they are unlikely to get the Labour whip back when their current suspension ends in January.

A Labour source said: “It is a shame that some MPs who were only too happy to ride the coat tails of the party’s success at the election are now using the incredibly difficult things we have to do to yet again undermine the government and their colleagues.

“If they are more comfortable hanging out with Jeremy Corbyn and his friends, they should just be honest about it.”

Labour insiders fear as many as 20 of the party’s MPs could rebel on Tuesday, however at this stage there are no plans to take the whip off them.

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How ‘Distraught’ Labour MPs Plan To Punish Rachel Reeves Over Winter Fuel Payment Cuts

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On May 1, Keir Starmer could not have been clearer about his position on whether or not every pensioner should continue to receive the winter fuel payment from the government.

Scrapping it, the then leader of the opposition made clear to the House of Commons, was a very bad thing.

So concerned was he at the prospect of the Tories doing it, he asked Rishi Sunak at PMQs that day: “Will the prime minister now rule out taking pensioners’ winter fuel payments off them to help fund his £46 billion black hole?”

How PM Starmer must now regret that particular line of attack.

Within days of entering government two months ago, chancellor Rachel Reeves decided to means test the hitherto universal benefit, meaning only those on pension credit would continue to receive it, with 10 million OAPs missing out.

Reeves blamed the £22 billion “black hole” in the nation’s finances – that Labour insist they inherited from the Tories – for the need to find savings where they can in order to balance the books.

Nevertheless, it has created a huge political problem for the new government which could result in Starmer suffering his largest backbench rebellion yet.

Under mounting pressure from MPs, Commons leader Lucy Powell announced that a parliamentary vote on the controversial cut will take place on Tuesday.

That is the same Lucy Powell who was sent out onto the airwaves last weekend to suggest that had the Chancellor not take the decision she had, there would have been a run on the pound and the economy would have crashed.

Some in government are baffled that Reeves has chosen to take up to £300 off millions of OAPs – many of them on incomes of barely £11,500 a year – the first signature decision of her time in office.

One senior source told HuffPost UK: “I keep waiting for some sensible person to say ‘right, how do we get out of this hole we’re fallen into on this policy’ as opposed to, for some reason, making it a test of our political and economic credibility.”

Another insider said: “This is a problem on the doorstep, but they have to see it through now.”

So far, 10 Labour MPs have signed a Commons motion calling on the Treasury to think again, but some senior party figures believe as many as 20 could end up rebelling.

That would easily beat the seven rebels who defied the PM and voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap barely a fortnight after the general election – and were stripped of the Labour whip for their trouble.

HuffPost UK understands there are currently no plans to impose the same sanction on any MPs who vote against the government on Tuesday.

Among the signatories to the rebel motion tabled by Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan is former shadow cabinet member Rachael Maskell, who told HuffPost UK she and her Labour colleagues were “deeply concerned” at the government’s approach.

“I’ve spoken to so many MPs who are really distraught about these measures,” she said. “Some have literally been in tears at the prospects of their elderly constituents not getting their winter fuel payments.

“I’ve read letters myself and been in tears. One recently widowed constituent told me they are just above the income threshold so they no longer qualify for the payment and are really fearful for the winter. This isn’t about macro-economics, this is about real lives.”

The Treasury has launched a campaign urging the 800,000 pensioners who qualify for pension credit but don’t claim it, to do so.

But Maskell said that even once you have completed the lengthy application form, it takes nine weeks to process the claim.

“To keep old people warm and well they need to have enough money to pay the bills and this needs to be the focus now,” she said. “We have said we will protect the NHS, so we don’t need more old people in hospital beds this winter.

“Old people can’t retain heat, putting them at greater risk of stroke, heart attack and hypothermia. That would put a greater demand on the NHS, and It will be [health secretary] Wes Streeting who will have to stand before the country and explain why – and I don’t want him to have to do that.”

The York Central MP wants the chancellor to delay her plans to cut the winter fuel payment until next year, and use that time to establish a better system for targeting the benefit at those who need it.

Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, said, “many older people are very frightened about how they will manage this winter” when the payment is removed.

The charity estimates that around one million old people living near the poverty line, but who are not poor enough to receive pension credit, will “really struggle” this winter as a result of the chancellor’s decision.

Abrahams said: “The government is not disputing that millions of pensioners on low and modest incomes will lose their winter fuel payment under their plans and they have no credible answer when asked about the plight of all those whose tiny occupational pensions take them above the pension credit line.

“It is for these reasons that they should pause this policy so it can be fully considered as part of the government spending review in the spring.”

Downing Street sources have told HuffPost UK that the government has no plans to U-turn, or offer any concessions to the rebels, ahead of Tuesday’s vote.

They pointed to the extra £421 million which was announced last week for the household support fund, and the fact that the pensions triple lock means the state pension will increase by £400 each year as proof that the government is acting to help those on the lowest incomes.

A cabinet minister defended the government’s position, and insisted that the chancellor had actually chosen the least worst option.

“We know it’s difficult but we can see how bad the public finances are,” they told HuffPost UK. ”It was pretty clear that there was going to be a major economic shock in the markets had we not taken immediate action on this.

“The choice the Treasury had was to either keep the pension triple lock or means test the winter fuel allowance. That makes it quite an easy choice.

“The politics are tough, but we have to show voters that we’ve been left with this dreadful inheritance and that’s the real difficulty we’ve got. There are no palatable choices here.

“We’re asking the public and the pensioners to give us a bit of time to sort this mess out.”

Nevertheless, Tuesday’s vote promises to be extremely uncomfortable for Starmer and Reeves.

And with a brutal Budget coming at the end of October, the PM seems certain to make good on his promise that “things will get worse before they get better”.

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Brexiters Up In Arms As Former Chief EU Negotiator Secures Top Job As French PM

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The EU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has just been appointed to be France’s new prime minister – and Eurosceptics with long memories are not happy.

French politics has been going through a tumultuous period since president Emmanuel Macron’s party lost its majority in parliament and the far-right saw a huge uptick in support.

Although Macron chose Barnier, the former EU commissioner still needs to survive a vote of confidence in parliament to get the job.

And while the French president may see Barnier as a unifying figure, Brexiters over in the UK certainly do not.

Barnier led the EU negotiations with Britain between 2016 and 2021. He was known for taking a particularly firm stance against the UK, and calling then-PM Boris Johnson a “bulldozer”.

In response to Barnier’s appointment, Reform leader and Clacton MP Nigel Farage posted on X: “Michel Barnier becomes the new French prime minister. An EU fanatic that will suit sell-out Starmer.”

Former Brexit Party MEP, Alex Phillips, posted a much angrier message, writing that his appointment was proof “the machine doesn’t even try to hide the fact anymore that instead of rigging elections, it just ignores them.”

Meanwhile, John hayes, the Tory MP for South Holland and Deepings, one of the constituencies with the highest level of support for Leave in 2016, lashed out at the former negotiator.

told GB News: “We thought we’d seen the last of ‘Monsieur Barnier’ after the Brexit negotiations – where he was determined to get Britain the worst possible deal.”

Former Tory leader and MP for Chingford and Woodford, Iain Duncan Smith, also told the broadcaster that Barnier’s appointment “shows the desperation of France”.

A question mark remains over Barnier’s job, though, as he still needs most of parliament to back him.

Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally in France, has already announced her party would not back Barnier in a coalition government.

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Catch Donald Trump Begging For Votes ‘Even If You Don’t Like Me’

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Donald Trump on Wednesday told people they have no choice but to vote for him, “even if you don’t like me.” (Watch the video below.)

The lighthearted plea during his Fox News town hall caught the attention of an observer who said he sounded “desperate.” Another commentator even accused the Republican nominee of “begging” for votes.

Host Sean Hannity replayed a 2019 pledge by Democratic foe Kamala Harris to ban fracking if she were president (although she has since changed her stance on the matter).

“Pennsylvania can’t take a chance that that answer is true,” Trump said, per Mediaite.

He predicted employment and economic disaster for the swing state without fracking.

“She’s not gonna allow it,” the former president said. “You can’t take the chance. You have no choice.”

“You’ve gotta vote for me,” he added, laughing. “You’ve gotta vote for me. Even if you don’t like me!”

One person offered a curt “no, thanks” while others on social media took a more analytical view of Trump’s plea:

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Donald Trump’s Bizarre Flex On His Smarts Has Critics Howling

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Self-proclaimed “extremely stable genius” Donald Trump’s boast about his “very smart” late uncle — which the former president used to suggest that, by extension, meant he was exceptionally clever too — drew mockery on social media on Wednesday.

The former president and current Republican nominee, during a town hall with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, was bombastically bragging about how he “understood” nuclear weapons “maybe better than anybody” when he went off on a tangent about John Trump, his physicist and inventor uncle who was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for almost half a century.

“Very smart guy. We have a smart family. It’s nice to have a smart family,” Trump said, before pivoting back to America’s nuclear program.

And, as before, people on social media had thoughts:

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Priti Patel Becomes The First Candidate To Be Kicked Out Of The Tory Leadership Race

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Priti Patel has become the first candidate to be kicked out of the Tory leadership race.

The former home secretary came last in a ballot of Conservative MPs with just 14 votes.

Robert Jenrick came top on 28 votes, with Kemi Badenoch second with 22 and James Cleverly third on 21.

Tom Tugendhat was next on 17 votes, with Mel Stride, who had been tipped by many to be first candidate ejected, on 16.

The result was announced in parliament’s committee room 14 buy Bob Blackman, chair of the Tory backbench 1922 committee.

The next ballot of Conservative MPs will take place next Tuesday, when another candidate will be kicked out.

Posting on X, Cleverly said: “Great to be through to the next round and proud to have the support of my fellow MPs.

“We can only unite our party with Conservative values, and I am ready to lead, and win, the next general election. Momentum is on our side, but the work continues.”

Tugendhat said: “It is a privilege to have the support of my parliamentary colleagues and to have made it through to the next round of the leadership contest.

“To my friend Priti, you have always faithfully served this party, care deeply about its future, and I’m sure you will continue to play a key role in it.

“Mel, James, Kemi, and Robert are all friends and good Conservatives. However, only I can deliver the Conservative revolution that our party and our nation need.

“I will lead in opposition as I would as prime minister, by serving the British people, leading with conviction, and acting to make our nation better. That is my promise, and I always deliver on my promises.”

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Ed Miliband Slaps Down Reform UK’s Richard Tice Over Green Energy

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The energy security and net zero secretary told Reform UK’s deputy leader that his party’s commitment to fossil fuels would lead to higher fuel bills and “make people poorer”.

Footage of their Commons spat has gone viral online.

Tice, who was a prominent Brexiteer, accused Miliband of being “obsessed with renewable energy”, claiming that windfarm projects cost the public purse billions of pounds.

He said: “Will the secretary of state be honest and tell the truth that renewable energy is more expensive, not cheaper?”

But echoing the Vote Leave campaign’s slogan from the 2016 referendum, Miliband said green energy would let the UK could “take back control” of fuel prices rather than being at the mercy of global markets.

He said: “Whether fossil fuels are produced in this country or internationally, they are sold on the international market, and that’s why the British people paid the price and Government forked out £94 billion.

“And the only way to get off the rollercoaster of international gas markets, and take back control, is to become a clean energy superpower.”

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The UK Has Suspended Some Arms Sales To Israel

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The UK has suspended some arms exports to Israel after a review found there was “a clear risk” of them being used to break international humanitarian law in Gaza.

Foreign secretary David Lammy told the Commons that around 30 arms exports licences are being suspended, out of a total of around 350.

He said the government had a “legal duty” to review such licences where it is believed that international law could be broken.

Lammy said: “It is with regret that I inform the House today the assessment I have received leaves me unable to conclude anything other than that for certain UK arms exports to Israel, there does exist a clear risk that they might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law.”

He said the arms sales involved included “equipment that we assess is for use in the current conflict in Gaza”.

The foreign secretary added: “This is not a blanket ban, this is not an arms embargo. It targets around 30, approximately of 350 licenses to Israel in total, for items which could be used in the current conflict in Gaza. The rest will continue.”

Lammy – who described himself as “a liberal, progressive Zionist” – also insisted the government’s decision is “not a determination of innocence or guilt” on Israel’s part.

Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesperson Layla Moran said: “This action should have been taken long ago by the previous government, who failed to take any leadership on the matter.

“Liberal Democrats welcome this announcement as a step forward from the government.”

But Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick said it was “shameful gesture politics to appease the hard left”.

“Sir Keir Starmer has put party management first, and Britain’s interests second.

“Britain should be standing with our ally Israel as it defends itself, and the world, against Iran’s war of state-sponsored terrorism.”

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Voters Have Delivered A Brutal Verdict On The 6 Tory Leadership Candidates

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Fewer than 10% of the public think any of the Tory leadership candidates would make them favourites to win the next election, a damning poll has found.

The survey, by the More in Common think-tank, found that 34% of voters replied “none of them” when asked which of the six hopefuls would the Tories most likely to form the next government. Some 36% said they “don’t know”.

James Cleverly came top on just 8%, followed by Priti Patel on 7%, Tom Tugendhat and Kemi Badenoch on 5% each, Robert Jenrick on 4% and Mel Stride on just 2%.

Even those who voted Tory in the last election are less-than-convinced by the choice on offer, the poll found.

Nearly one-third of them (32) said they “don’t know” which candidate will give the party the best chance of winning next time around, while 16% said “none of them”.

Cleverly again came top on 15%, with Patel second once more on 10%, with Badenoch on 9%, Jenrick and Tugendhat on 8% and Stride once again on 2%.

The poll findings
The poll findings

More in Common

The poll also found that Patel is the only candidate recognised by more than half of the electorate.

Some 52% correctly identified the former home secretary when shown a picture of her, with 44% recognising Cleverly.

Badenoch came third with 37%, Jenrick was next on 21%, then Tugendhat on 19% and Stride with 12%.

Whoever wins also faces an uphill battle when they take on Keir Starmer, the poll found.

According to the public, none of them would make a better prime minister than the Labour leader, who enjoys a comfortable lead over each of his potential rivals.

Starmer is ahead of each of the candidates on who would make the better PM.
Starmer is ahead of each of the candidates on who would make the better PM.

More in Common

The findings were published as Tory MPs prepare for the first ballot of the contest, when the number of candidates will be reduced from six to five.

A second ballot will take place next week, after which the final four candidates will try to woo the party faithful at the Tory conference in Birmingham.

MPs will then choose the final two, who will be voted on my Tory members before the winner is announced on November 2.

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Veterans Group Slams Trump Over His ‘Greatest Insult To All’ With Arlington Visit

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A progressive veterans group went after “disgusting” Donald Trump this past week following the Republican nominee’s controversial stop at Arlington National Cemetery that included campaign staffers’ altercation with cemetery officials.

“Now, maybe the greatest insult of all, turning a military cemetery visit into a political stunt with cameras in tow,” said a narrator in a scathing ad from political action committee VoteVets.

The ad arrives after an Arlington official, during Trump’s visit to the cemetery at the invitation of some family members of military service members killed in the 2021 Kabul airport attack, was allegedly “pushed” aside by campaign staffers after informing them not to film part of the cemetery where recently fallen U.S. troops were buried.

Federal law prohibits “political campaign or election-related activities” within Army National Military Cemeteries, according to a statement from the cemetery.

Trump has since shared a campaign video featuring footage from his visit while a campaign spokesperson has denied that a staffer pushed an official, claiming they were “clearly suffering from a mental health episode.”

Vice President Kamala Harris, on Saturday, declared that Trump “disrespected sacred ground” for a “political stunt” during the visit.

Trump used his Truth Social platform over the weekend to share clips of family members of fallen service members including one that described Trump and his team as “respectful” while another accused Harris of “playing politics.”

On Thursday, VoteVets ripped Trump over the Arlington visit after citing several instances where he insulted the military. The ad referred to Trump reportedly calling Americans killed in World War I “suckers” and “losers” as well as when he referred to avoiding sexually transmitted diseases as his “personal Vietnam.”

“Disgusting. Donald Trump, the grave markers veterans and military families drop a knee to are not your political props. They represent the heroes we’ve served alongside, men and women you could never measure up to, friends who lived and died by the oath we all swore to uphold,” the narrator declared.

The speaker continued: ”[It’s] something you will never understanding and why we’re doing our damndest to make sure no service member ever has to salute you as commander-in-chief ever again.”

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From mocking the wounded to turning military cemeteries into political stunts, he disrespects everything we stand for.

We’re making sure no Servicemember EVER has to salute him as Commander… pic.twitter.com/Z6Wuu20ghj

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Trump’s on the run, panicked as his insults against those who serve catch up with him.

From mocking the wounded to turning military cemeteries into political stunts, he disrespects everything we stand for.

We’re making sure no Servicemember EVER has to salute him as Commander… pic.twitter.com/Z6Wuu20ghj

— VoteVets (@votevets) August 29, 2024

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