GB News presenter Isabel Webster was left fuming as Hamish Falconer spoke on the "success" of the Labour Party after coming into government, as she questioned the decision to cut winter fuel payments for some pensioners.
She said: "Announcing millions of pensioners will be without a winter fuel payment this winter the same week you gave inflation-busting pay rises to train drivers who are already on 70,000 pounds. Not a resounding success.
"This week alone we have heard we have got the UK on red alert after Argentina have now vowed to recapture the Falkland Islands, your flagship policy on private schools seems to be in tatters.
"You think this has been a success do you," she finished.
In response Hamish shared he "did" think that it had been a success as he spoke on the "difficult choices" Labour have had to make.
Hamish said: "There's been a difficult inheritance since we have come to government, but I think Keir Starmer and the rest of the government are getting on with the job the British public elected us to do.
Isabel interjected: "The British public didn't elect the government to introduce the winter fuel payments. In fact you have kept very quiet on it, which is why it is so problematic for the British public."
Hamish clarified that his party had been "very clear" that they had inherited a "worse position" from the Conservatives than they "expected".
The decision by Chancellor Rachel Reeves to cut the benefit which gave £2-300 to more than 11 million pensioners has sparked outrage and new documents show that it will hit elderly couples worst of all.
The government has given an important update on the Winter Fuel Payment - and revealed exactly how many people are missing out.
The decision by Chancellor Rachel Reeves to cut the benefit, which gave £2-300 to more than 11 million pensioners has sparked outrage, and new documents show that it will hit elderly couples worst of all.
One potential challenge is a judicial review launched in the Court of Sessions, Scotland’s highest court, by Govan Law Centre.
Govan Law Centre argues that the Government did not carry out a detailed equality impact assessment. This law requires public bodies to consider how their decisions and actions will affect people with different “protected characteristics” - this includes age and disability. If successful it could still be paid this year.
