Milan Radulovic, a longtime Labour councillor in Nottinghamshire, has resigned from the party and formed his own group, the Broxtowe Independents. Radulovic, who led Broxtowe Borough Council for 22 years, accuses Sir Keir Starmer of moving the UK towards 'dictatorship' by concentrating power and neglecting the working class. He cites decisions like means-testing winter fuel allowance and denying WASPI women compensation as reasons for his departure.
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of "abandoning the working class " by a longstanding Nottinghamshire Labour council leader who has quit the party in a dramatic announcement. Milan Radulovic, who has led Broxtowe Borough Council for a combined 22 years and has served as a Labour councillor for nearly 40 years, says the Prime Minister is moving the UK closer to a state of "dictatorship".
Speaking to Nottinghamshire Live about the winter fuel allowance changes, Councillor Radulovic said: "The majority of people in this country, particularly pensioners, have worked all their life in industries, the coal and steel industry in our area in particular.
The remaining Broxtowe Labour councillors include Will Mee, Tyler Marsh and Helen Faccio - the latter of whom works for Bolsover's Labour MP Natalie Fleet. In a statement, the remaining Broxtowe Labour councillors said: "It is incredibly disappointing that some Broxtowe councillors have decided to leave the Labour Party and sit as independents when they were elected on a Labour ticket just over 18 months ago".
The Broxtowe Independents say 10 former Labour members were told they were not the right calibre to stand for the party in May, with one of them being Councillor Teresa Cullen, who was previously a Labour member for more than 20 years. Councillor Cullen says she felt "livid" and "insulted" when told that she would not be standing in the county council elections for Labour.
Yet Councillor John McGrath is one of the Broxtowe councillors to have now left Labour and given that he is also a county councillor, it means Labour are now no longer the official opposition at the county council. Councillor Zadrozny said: "I am proud to welcome such experienced and dedicated councillors to independent politics, where the needs of residents and communities come first.
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