A Christmas parody song hitting out at Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts has topped the iTunes chart.
Freezing this Christmas by Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers reached the number one spot today in the list of top songs.
The track, penned by Chris Middleton, is a parody of Mud’s Lonely This Christmas.
The lyrics include the lines: “It’ll be freezing this Christmas without fuel at home.
“It’ll be freezing this Christmas while K-Star is warm. It’ll be cold, so cold without fuel at home this Christmas.”
Mr Middleton has also launched a JustGiving fundraiser alongside the parody song, so far raising more than £10,000 for Age UK.
Speaking to GB News earlier this week, he said he decided to write the tune due to widespread anger at the Government’s decision to axe the winter fuel allowance for about 10million OAPs.
He said: “We all have grandparents, we all have elderly people that we know, people that struggle.
“There are people that have contributed to the system all of their lives, and now in their time of most need, the Government has decided to essentially betray them.”
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves have come under criticism for restricting previously universal winter fuel payments to only those on pension credit.
Ministers have blamed the controversial move on a £22billion black hole in the public finances left by the Tories, which the Conservatives deny.
