Ashfield MP Lee Anderon has vowed to “name and shame” Labour MPs after 347 voted in favour of scrapping the Winter Fuel Allowance for 10 million pensioners.
Anderson, who served as a Labour Councillor before switching to the Tories and later Reform UK, appeared to suggest the populist party would look to savage Sir Keir Starmer ahead of next year’s local elections.
Reform UK’s five MPs joined a rainbow coalition of Tories, Liberal Democrats, SNP and Green MPs to oppose the Prime Minister’s proposal.
Speaking about how Reform UK will respond to Labour’s push, Anderson told GB News: “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 voted for this pernicious, cruel Act of Parliament.”
The Tory Party is also ramping up efforts to exert pressure on Labour MPs who voted for Starmer’s plan.
Labour MPs were named with the number of local pensioners who could lose Winter Fuel Payments also being tallied.
A rebellion against Starmer’s plan failed to materialise, with John Trickett leading a one man revolt against the Prime Minister.
However, 53 Labour MPs abstained as the seven Corbynistas who lost the whip after supporting an SNP motion to end the two-child benefit cap voted against the measure to means-test Winter Fuel Payments.
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Rachel Reeves speaks out after economy stalls
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said “change will not happen overnight” as the UK economy flatlined in July.
In a statement issued by the Treasury, Reeves said: “I am under no illusion about the scale of the challenge we face and I will be honest with the British people that change will not happen overnight.
“Two quarters of positive economic growth does not make up for fourteen years of stagnation.
“That is why we are taking the long-term decisions now to fix the foundations of our economy, including today’s announcement of £8billion of new investment from Amazon Web Services, that will help rebuild Britain and make every part of the country better off.”