Keir Starmer has had ‘500 days of failure’ in office, says SNP

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s first 500 days in office have been “500 days of failure”, the SNP said.

The SNP highlighted issues such as pensioner winter fuel payments, the two-child benefit cap and the proposed “Brit cards”.

SNP Westminster deputy leader Pete Wishart said: “Five hundred days of Starmer has been 500 days of failure.”

He added: “From robbing pensioners of their winter fuel payments or the pledge to cut energy bills by £300, just about every promise the Labour Party made has been broken.

“Vicious infighting has plagued Starmer’s first 500 days and caused utter chaos while the public face an economy in decline and a cost-of-living crisis made worse by the Labour Party – it’s no wonder they’re languishing in fourth in the polls.”

Wishart continued: “I doubt bookies wi