Twenty Labour councillors quit party accusing Starmer of abandoning values - It follows months of public disagreement between Labour activists in Broxtowe and the party hierarchy

Twenty councillors have quit Labour in protest at the party's direction under Sir Keir Starmer. The councillors - from Broxtowe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire - claimed the party had "abandoned traditional Labour values" and criticised policies such as cutting the winter fuel allowance for some pensioners.

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Labour councillors quit with broadside at Starmer - Twenty borough councillors in Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire quit in protest at Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership.

TWENTY councillors have left the Labour Party led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in protest. The councillors left the Labour Party en masse on Thursday, claiming that the party had “abandoned traditional Labour values” with policies such as the cut to the winter fuel allowance for pensioners.

Labour has lost control of one of its key Nottinghamshire councils with just months to go until the local elections after 20 people quit the party. A shock announcement by longstanding council leader Milan Radulovic also means that Labour is no longer the party of either administration or opposition at Nottinghamshire County Council.