Rachel Reeves poked fun at Nigel Farage during her Spending Review announcement in the Commons, suggesting the Reform UK leader should "spend less time in the Westminster Arms" pub.
The Chancellor made the cutting remark whilst defending NHS funding commitments and claiming that "Reform UK want an insurance-based healthcare system".
Speaking in the Commons, the Chancellor said: "I am especially grateful to our nurses, our doctors, our paramedics and other healthcare professionals for everything that they do.
"If we want a strong economy where working people can fulfil their potential then we must have a strong NHS, not as the Reform Party have called for an insurance based system.
Rachel Reeves delivered a brutal jibe at the Reform UK leader
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"We believe in a publicly funded National Health Service, free at the point of view.
"Now perhaps the Member for Clacton should spend some more time focusing on the priorities of the British people and less time in the Westminster Arms.
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"Although, Mr Speaker, after this week perhaps the two Chairmen pub might be a better fit."
Farage looked unfazed by the harsh comment as he laughed alongside his fellow MP Richard Tice.
The spending review announcement revealed several major infrastructure investments, including £16.7billion for nuclear power projects, with £14.2billion allocated specifically for the new Sizewell C power plant in Suffolk.
The Chancellor also announced £15.6billion for public transport projects in England's city regions and £39billion over the next decade for affordable and social housing construction.
WATCH: Rachel Reeves outlines the Government's Spending Review
The Chancellor stated the aim of the Spending Review is to "ensure that renewal is felt in people’s everyday lives, in their jobs, and on their high streets".
She also pledged to make the UK "a defence industrial superpower."
She said: "In this spending review, total departmental budgets will grow by 2.3 per cent a year in real terms.
"Compare that to the Conservative choice for austerity. In contrast to our increase of 2.3 per cent, they cut spending by 2.9 per year in 2010.
The Reform UK MP's were left in hysterics
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"So let’s be clear, austerity was a destructive choice for the fabric of our society.
"And it was a destructive choice for our economy too, choking off investment and demand, creating a lost decade for growth, wages and living standards."
The spending plans, based on economic forecasts from March, did not account for US president Donald Trump's tariff plans, which could further damage UK prospects as a trading nation despite Britain securing a deal with the US.
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