Shadow Home Office minister Tom Tugendhat has accused the prime minister of "giving into the unions' demands" as he criticized the new government's decision to abolish the winter fuel allowance and raise taxes. Mr Tugendhat said the new government are "owned lock, stock and barrel by the unions." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Sir Keir's right that things will get worse with his politics of pessimism,
00:04but not because of anyone else.
00:06It's because he chose to give a 22% pay rise for some doctors,
00:11backdated to when they were on strike.
00:13He chose to offer train drivers, represented by Aslef,
00:16which bankrolls his party, a 15% pay rise.
00:21Sir Keir says he did it to settle the dispute.
00:23But the next day, the same union announced a strike.
00:28He has paid everything, and he has settled nothing.
00:31He's abolishing the winter fuel allowance
00:33for those on as little as £221.20 a week,
00:37and he's putting up taxes.
00:39And they're doing these things because they are owned,
00:42lock, stock and barrel, by the unions.
00:46The unions gave Labour more than £25 million over the last Parliament,
00:50and in return, Labour ministers are giving in to the unions' demands,
00:54scrapping laws that guarantee minimum services during strikes,
00:57ending rules that make sure strikes only happen
01:00when members actually want them,
01:02and showering unions with public money, no strings attached.