Public outrage has erupted over Chancellor Rachel Reeves' spending priorities after it emerged that £15 billion has been allocated to migrant hotels.
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has been conducting street interviews with members of the public, revealing the depth of anger towards the Chancellor's financial decisions.
During these encounters, Jenrick showed voters a graph comparing the vast sums spent on migrant accommodation against the savings made from cutting winter fuel support.
In the footage posted by the Conservative MP on X, one person said: “She has no life experience and she has no business experience.”
Robert Jenrick spoke to Britons on the street
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Another fumed that the chancellor is just “borderline incompetent” whilst a different couple stated they “are not keen” on the Labour minister.
A third person claimed: “I’m just wondering, you know, when is it going to stop. What else could she be lying about to us?”
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Robert Jenrick showed one person a graph, showing the amount of money spent on migrant hotels compared to the amount saved from the controversial slashing of Winter Fuel payments.
She said: “A bit more money in my pocket just gets taken away. So, yeah. It's difficult.”
A final person fumed: “I think that she ought to be sacked. End of story.”
The controversial decision to cut winter fuel payments last autumn initially affected over 10 million pensioners, leaving many elderly residents struggling with soaring energy costs.
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The Chancellor announced on Monday that nine million pensioners will receive winter fuel payments this year, marking a significant U-turn from the cuts announced in Labour's first weeks of government last summer.
The Treasury said the measure would benefit approximately nine million people at a cost of £1.25 billion, whilst means-testing would still save around £450 million compared to the previous universal system.
The initial cuts had meant roughly 85 per cent of pensioner households lost the benefit, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Robert Jenrick showed people the graph
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The new policy will extend Winter Fuel Payments to all pensioners aged over 66 with incomes at or below £35,000 annually, according to the Treasury announcement.
Contracts signed in 2019 with three companies to accommodate asylum seekers for a 10-year period were originally expected to cost £4.5 billion.
However, the National Audit Office (NAO) now estimates this figure to be £15.3 billion.
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