Rosie Duffield, the MP for Canterbury, has resigned from the Labour Party. In her resignation letter, she criticizes Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his team for 'sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice,' citing their acceptance of thousands of pounds worth of gifts as a key reason.
Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield has resigned from the Labour Party . The 53-year-old MP is the first to jump ship since the general election and in her resignation letter criticised the prime minister for accepting thousands of pounds worth of gifts. She told Sir Keir the reason for leaving now is 'the programme of policies you seem determined to stick to', despite their unpopularity with the electorate and MPs.
Read more: The Westminster Accounts She criticised the decision to keep the two-child benefit cap and means-test the winter fuel payment, and accused the prime minister of 'hypocrisy' over his acceptance of free gifts from donors. 'The sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice are off the scale,' she wrote. 'Since the change of government in July, the revelations of hypocrisy have been staggering and increasingly outrageous.
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