Darren Jones, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, offered the 'offensive' and 'patronising' example as he was quizzed about the impact of Labour's benefits cuts.
A Labour minister is under fire for comparing the government's welfare squeeze to cutting his children's pocket money by £10 per week. Government analysis reveals 800,000 disabled people will be £4,500 per year worse off due to the changes, and an extra 250,000 people will be in relative poverty after housing costs in 2029/30.
