Former Labour Council Leader Satvir Kaur Resigns As Councillor And Votes at Parliament to Cut Pensioner Winter Warmth

Labour Councillor and MP Satvir Kaur

NEW LABOUR MP SATVIR KAUR VOTES FOR CUTS TO PENSIONER WINTER WARMTH. THE LABOUR-RUN COUNCIL SHE LED, AND THAT SHE HAS NOW LEFT BEHIND, IS BROKE AND LOST YOU MILLIONS.  

 

New Labour Southampton Test MP Resigns and Causes Shirley By-Election

The by-election for Shirley ward on Southampton City Council was caused by the resignation of Satvir Kaur, the Labour Councillor. Kaur was elected the new Labour MP for Southampton Test, as reported by Southampton Independents. One of her first acts has outraged Southampton residents.

As the official Parliamentary record Hansard shows, on Tuesday 10th September, Kaur voted at Parliament for cuts to pensioner winter warmth. At the time of writing, she had not made any comment to the Daily Echo about her vote, despite being asked. The Southampton Itchen MP Darren Paffey has tried to justify his decision to also back the cuts.

Hard-up and cold Pensioners will now have to apply for Winter Fuel Payments on a very long and confusing questionnaire.

The Labour Government plans are very unpopular with the people of Southampton, and with the Unite and PCS unions. Ironically, Winter Fuel Payments were introduced by the last Labour Government under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. 

Why Did Satvir Kaur Resign?

Whether Kaur resigned in shame, or to help her political career, residents can decide for themselves. We have reported our investigations into Kaur and published them on this website.

However, as reported by Southampton Independents, Kaur is largely to blame for the City Council's dire financial situation. Satvir Kaur was a Labour Cabinet Member on the Council for over a decade. 

The Cabinet makes key spending decisions, consisting of only ten or fewer Labour councillors. Labour has run the Council since 2012, apart from a brief one year reign of the Conservatives, from 2021-2022.

Southampton Independents has exposed Labour and Tory councillors for spending on the wrong priorities, including tens of millions on the "Arts Complex". Satvir Kaur could not answer our questions on spending when put to her in the Council Chamber by our Councillor Andrew Pope. Now Labour has lost more millions on One Guildhall Square.

When the Tories lost control again, Satvir Kaur became the Leader of the Council from May 2022 to December 2023. Under her leadership, the Council received a Section 114 warning from the Chief Financial Officer, who then resigned. 

Despite denying it as a "lie" (as the former Labour Leader of Croydon did before it too was bankrupt), Kaur led the City Council to near bankruptcy before quitting as Leader, and then resigned. 

The Chief Executive Officer also resigned. 

So Kaur resigned as Leader in December 2023, and has now resigned as a councillor completely, leaving the Council behind and in a real mess.

Labour's Satvir Kaur and her Cabinet has spent millions on pet projects
and has BANKRUPTED the Council

What Mess Has Satvir Kaur Left Behind at the Council?

Southampton City Council remains in financial peril and is broke, selling assets off to pay the daily bills, after being given special permission by the Government to do so. Effectively, it is bankrupt, if it does not balance the books, and the Government has told it that it must do so. If it does not, it will have to serve a Section 114 notice, meaning the Council is bankrupt and cannot pay its bills.

Southampton Labour councillors also tried to secretly ask the Government to put up your council tax by 15%. Their secret became public, as reported by Southampton Independents. They are ashamed of their record, and so they should be.

The Council needs to be sorted out, yet Labour councillors are marking their own homework, with Labour councillors chairing committees that are supposed to check up. 

As the Stranglers once sang, Something Better Change!