Starmer's recently elected representive for him in Ipswich, Mr Jack Abbott, has voted to take away the winter fuel allowance from 15,164 pensioners in Ipswich. For the whole Borough of Ipswich area, the Labour government are removing this from nearly 20,000 Ipswich residents. This will have a devastating impact on vulnerable people this winter.
Between 2010 and 2023, the Conservatives had lifted over 200,000 pensioners out of absolute poverty. The Conservative Government’s unprecedented cost of living support following Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine also prevented 400,000 pensioners from falling into absolute poverty after housing costs in 2022-23.
Borough Council Conservative Group Chairman and councillor for Bixley Ward, Eddy Phillips, said "Mr Abbott has shown his true colours and what he thinks of pensioners in Ipswich. Whilst the Labour party have created a black hole in their spending plans, it is our residents who will now suffer and pay for their economic incompetence. However as Mr Abbott has lived in Norwich for most of the last few years, he has not had time to meet many of the people he now represents except when he came on the train down to Ipswich for photo opportunity door-knocking sessions."