'Sir Keir, why did you choose train drivers over pensioners?'

SIR Keir Starmer faced Tory cries of "Shame!" in the Commons yesterday over the axing of winter fuel payments for most pensioners.

- Katie Harris

Tory leader Rishi Sunak pressed the PM on his controversial decision to strip up to £300 from "vulnerable" older people while making bumper pay offers to train drivers.

He said: "Government is about making choices, and the new Prime Minister...has chosen to take the winter fuel allowance away from lowincome pensioners and give that money to certain unionised workforces in inflation-busting pay rises." The ex-Premier went on at Prime Minister's Questions: "So can I just ask the Prime Minister why did he choose train drivers over Britain's vulnerable pensioners?" Sir Keir replied: "This Government was elected to clear up the mess left by the party opposite. Our first job was to audit the books and what we found was a £22billion black hole.