Keir Starmer humiliated on TalkTV as Labour MP vows to | UK News

Hartlepool Labour MP Jonathan Brash confirmed he might be difficult Keir Starmer‘s resolution to make main benefit cuts, which is able to have an effect on weak teams such as the disabled, during this morning’s look on TalkTV. He revealed that he intends to vote against the federal government in a bid to save 50,000 kids from poverty, marking the first time ever he has staged a revolt against the chief.

“I will be very clear- when these cuts were announced, I spoke locally with my party and said I couldn’t envisage myself voting for those cuts – and I don’t intend to,” he declared to a visibly astonished wanting TalkTV host. He continued: “Work is absolutely the right place for people to be and I think we have gone through a generation where the benefits bill has sky-rocketed – but cutting support for disabled people doesn’t solve that problem. That’s just about balancing the books, it’s about making the numbers stack up.”

He added that his constituents in his home city of Hartlepool had been left “anxious”, “scared” and confused about “what the future holds”.

“I have spoken to countless people who actually are in work but rely on PIP [Personal Independence Payments] to support them to do it, who are going to lose out under this [new] system,” Jonathan said.

He acknowledged that people staying out of work deliberately stays a “huge problem”, but mentioned it will be unfair to penalise those who wrestle through no fault of their own.

“Piling on pain to those in desperate need is not a way to solve anything,” he exclaimed.

“The impact assessment released by this government said it would push a quarter of a million people into poverty including 50,000 children – I did not get into politics to do that!”

Jonathan urged Starmer to “rethink” and “sincerely hopes” that he’ll, explaining: “It frustrates me enormously that changing your position is seen as a sign of weakness. It’s not – it’s a sign of strength.

“Yes, you may get political commentators who’ll scream ‘U-Turn’ – but who cares? It’s about doing the correct factor.”

in a shock moment, he also confessed that voting to remove Winter Fuel Allowance payments from millions of pensioners is a haunting decision that he still “thinks about most days” too.

“It’s a robust one – possibly the brink was too low [and] possibly I should not have voted for it,” he mused.