Treasury minister Darren Jones was “clumsy” when he compared cutting benefits to reducing his children’s pocket money, Rachel Reeves has said. The Chancellor’s deputy sparked outrage on ...

A cabinet minister compared Labour’s disability cuts to cutting his own children’s pocket money – and was met with a swift backlash. The government has decided to cut down on the number of ...

Treasury minister Darren Jones has apologised after he used the example of pocket money when talking about benefits cuts for disabled people. Jones, who is deputy to Rachel Reeves, was defending ...

Treasury minister Darren Jones was “clumsy” when he compared cutting benefits to reducing his children’s pocket money, Rachel Reeves has said. The Chancellor’s deputy sparked outrage on Wednesday for ...