Daily Express – Fury as Labour silence winter fuel debate
Retired union members at the Labour conference have “shamed” the party after a debate on the winter fuel payment was postponed until Wednesday, says the Daily Express.
Elsewhere, Vanessa Feltz opens up to the paper about Mohammed Al-Fayed.
Labour sparks union fury over delay to humiliating winter fuel conference vote
Labour has delayed a potentially humiliating vote on winter fuel payment cuts at the party’s conference.
A motion put forward by trade unions urging the Government to U-turn on the policy to restrict the allowance to only the poorest pensioners was due to take place today at the gathering in Liverpool.
But it has now been pushed back to Wednesday which is typically the quietest time at conference as it is the day after Sir Keir Starmer’s keynote speech.
One union official said: “It is weak politics and shows a lack of leadership. It should be debated today.”
Another official blasted Labour as being “tin-eared”.
Vanessa Feltz: I rejected Al Fayed’s sleazy advances – this is what the monstrous man did
worked with Jimmy Savile at Pinewood Studios on Heineken’s Close To You commercials in 2000. Did I know he was a depraved paedophile? No. Did I think he was creepy and horrible to be around? Definitely. I worked with convicted sex offender Max Clifford for 48 hours on Channel 5’s Vanessa’s Day With… in 1995. He threatened me in front of the crew and behaved so aggressively I wasn’t surprised he ended up behind bars.
Rolf Harris assaulted me sexually live on the Big Breakfast bed. Did I see the ghastly grope coming? Of course not! Chillingly, Rolf maintained his jolly persona throughout.
I was on the lunchtime news presented by Huw Edwards. Did I imagine that this modest gentleman telling me he went to watch me record The Vanessa Show in Norwich so he could “see how it’s done” was capable of possessing child abuse images? Not in my wildest dreams.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
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Editorial 24 September 2024.
Light at the end of this tunnel” – Tuesday’s front pages continue their coverage of the Labour Party conference taking place this week, the first party conference in power in more than 15 years.
Some newspapers cover Rachel Reeves’s speech yesterday, as the chancellor promised no return to austerity and laid out a more optimistic view of the UK economy. Many newspapers look ahead to the speech by PM Sir Keir Starmer, who will speak at the conference in Liverpool today.
Elsewhere, there is coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East with many of the front pages featuring images of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon. Many papers fret the region is on the brink of an all-out war.