‘All my poorest constituents want is food, warmth and shelter’ York MP tells Chancellor

The Labour MP for York Central has said that poorer residents won’t benefit from the Chancellor’s package of measures introduced today.

Rachael Maskell told Mr Sunak:

All my poorest constituents want is food, warmth and shelter, against soaring house prices, all they got was 6p a day from the housing support fund on average.

She later tweeted:

💼The Chancellor failed to address poverty in his Spring Statement today. While protecting his own political future, he failed to protect the poorest. Pensioners and those on social security got a real terms cut, while the richest were let off the hook.💼

— 💙Rachael Maskell MP (@RachaelMaskell) March 23, 2022