Andy Burnham esorta i parlamentari a votare contro le riforme del benessere del lavoro
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/andy-burnham-welfare-reforms-vote-starmer-b2779817.html
di GeoWa
Andy Burnham esorta i parlamentari a votare contro le riforme del benessere del lavoro
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/andy-burnham-welfare-reforms-vote-starmer-b2779817.html
di GeoWa
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Will he get off the pot already and just challenge Starmer, this nibbling from the sidelines gig he has going on won’t last forever.
They’ve handed all of us chaos until the next election and they’ve given the election to Reform.
There is no way to afford this. We have just had 14 years of Tories and everyone knows very well we’re in a tough situation. The welfare rolls are ballooning. Many people are struggling, not just the disabled, and Boomers just pressured the government into continuing to give them a heating allowance most don’t need. It’s younger workers who will have to pay for all of this and we don’t have anything else to give.
If labour had a leadership challenge theres no way reform doesnt win
The trouble with being the leader of the Labour Party is that the Labour Party is still (despite the best efforts of Starmer and his team) full of Labour supporters, who keep insisting that the Labour Party should do Labour Things.
Disability welfare is a pro-worker policy. Social security for illness or old age are one of the oldest things workers fought for. It is a bald-faced lie to describe yourself as a “Party of Workers” while cutting sickness and disability benefits.
With Bond yields continuing to rise and with UK national debt repayments at more than twice the amount the amount it spends on defence, something is going to have to give. It’s unsustainable. Either income taxes will have to rise across the board, or spending will have to be cut.
It will be much worse after an IMF bailout, if Britain does nothing to address it’s dire budget.
From the Guardian:
> It will report in autumn 2026 – the same time as the Pip changes are scheduled to take effect – which MPs said risked a “three-tier” system, including those new claimants assessed pre- and post-Timms review.
Yeah MPs should vote this down immediately
I’m growing increasingly annoyed with this infighting.
Anyone sensible knows this needs reform, and shouting to vote against will just ultimately leave it free to be gutted by the next Tory or Reform government – but the left side of Labour are too busy trying to unseat Starmer to realise…
Or they don’t GAF about the disabled and just want to score political points…
Unpopular Policies, Performative Politics and Infighting? Are we sure that we didn’t accidentally vote for the Tories by mistake?
That said, I do like Andy Burnham and would much prefer him to being PM instead of Starmer, although the bar is on the floor at that point.
This is the guy who will eventually replace Starmer in an ideal scenario.
Compassionate, has shown he listens, moderate, doesn’t chase power at all costs.
I could always be wrong but I see Burnham as one of the few remaining good, sensible MPs in Labour.