Politician’s advice to ‘work more’ to afford food under skyrocketing inflation causes firestorm: ‘disgraceful’ – By Carly Ortiz-Lytle (FOX Business) / Feb 26, 2023
UK environment Secretary Therese Coffey also suggested Britons eat turnips with fresh vegetables in short supply
Britain’s environment secretary suggested people struggling to pay for food during a historic cost-of-living crisis consider working more hours.
Taking questions on food insecurity Thursday in the House of Commons, Therese Coffey, a Conservative, told fellow members of Parliament that “one of the best ways for people to boost their income is not only to get into work if they are not in work already, but to work more hours or get upskilled to get a higher income.”
Britain’s Office of National Statistics reported food inflation stood at 16.8% in January, and Coffey acknowledged that the United Kingdom’s inflation rate was pushing Britons to their financial limits, calling the skyrocketing prices “really tough.”
Labour MP Rachael Maskell called Coffey’s suggestion that struggling Britons should work more “out of touch” and “utterly disgraceful.”
