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How winter fuel cost Labour these elections

The decision to cut the Winter Fuel Payment is haunting the Government. In this year’s local elections – the first electoral test since Keir Starmer’s landslide victory last year – the removal of this annual £200 payment from the majority of pensioners was a defining issue. Speaking to journalists after her narrow re-election as Mayor of Doncaster, beating the Reform candidate by less than 700 votes, Labour’s Ros Jones urged her party in Westmin…

Labour mayor warns Keir Starmer to listen to voters after narrow win over Reform

Ros Jones, the mayor of Doncaster, has warned Keir Starmer that he “needs to listen” to voters, moments after she was re-elected with a majority of 698 votes. In the 2021 election, Jones beat the Conservative candidate with a majority of 10,213 votes. Jones, who was first elected mayor in 2013, is now serving her fourth term. Straight after her win, Jones told the BBC: “I think national government needs to look and see what people are saying.” J…

Labour mayor tears into Keir Starmer after narrow victory over Reform UK

A LABOUR mayor who eeked out a victory in Doncaster over Reform has sent a scathing message to Keir Starmer, warning he needs to “listen to…

Doncaster Mayor says Keir Starmer needs to 'listen' to voters on winter fuel payment

Labour’s Mayor of Doncaster Ros Jones has hit out at Sir Keir Starmer over the winter fuel payment cut and welfare reforms after her majority was cut to less than 700 votes.

Re-Elected Labour Mayor Slams Own Party for Tax Rises and Winter Fuel Cut

Labour has just retained the Doncaster mayoralty narrowly. There were 698 votes in it between Labour and Reform… Re-elected Ros Jones – mayor since 2013 – hit out at Starmer for the winter fuel cut, telling the BBC she wrote to the PM at the time: “I said it was wrong and therefore I stepped in immediately to use our household support fund to ensure no one in Doncaster went cold during the winter.[…] Read the rest