'She has obviously not lived that life.' Tanya Bardsley shares her emotional response after a minister said people should 'take on more hours' at work or move to a 'better paid job' to protect themselves from cost of living surge. Read more: 📺 Sky 501
"But of course it's not going to work for people who are already working in three jobs."
Labour's Peter Kyle, shadow Northern Ireland secretary, criticised Ms Maclean's cost of living comments, describing how he recently met people at a food bank who were in work but having an"extremely difficult" time including a single mother with two jobs. The Labour MP said:"What we need ministers to be doing is solving the economic problems that families have because of the economic problems our country faces.
"It's actually to accept the reality that because of the decisions they are making in Westminster, people are no longer able to eat a decent diet."Labour: Work comments 'disconnected'
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