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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Keir Starmer has a problem with women, says MP who has quit Labour

Rosie Duffield during the International Women's Day debate in the House of Commons
Rosie Duffield had been critical of the Labour party in recent months before resigning the whip on Saturday. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

The former Labour MP Rosie Duffield has said Keir Starmer has “a problem with women” and that the government is “more interested in greed and power” than making changes to the country.

In a broadside at Starmer’s leadership, Duffield told the BBC she was Labour “in my heart and soul” but said the scandal over senior party figures’ acceptance of donations and gifts including clothes was indefensible given the party was keeping the two-child benefit cap and had cut the winter fuel allowance for all but the poorest pensioners.

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