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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkngrv14myo
Treasury minister Darren Jones has apologised for comparing benefits for disabled people to "pocket money".
Jones, who is deputy to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, was defending welfare cuts on the BBC's Politics Live after Wednesday's Spring Statement when he made the gaffe.
Government analysis suggests more than 3 million families will on average be £1,720 a year worse off by 2030 due to benefit cuts.
Jones said this did not take into account extra cash for training, saying it was like his children getting a Saturday job on top of their pocket money, but the minister later said he was sorry about the "tactless" comments after they were branded "offensive" and "patronising" by critics.
On Wednesday evening, Jones told ITV's Peston programme: "I'm sorry about it. It was tactless and it wasn't well considered", adding "I apologise if I've offended people."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkngrv14myo
Treasury minister Darren Jones has apologised for comparing benefits for disabled people to "pocket money".
Jones, who is deputy to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, was defending welfare cuts on the BBC's Politics Live after Wednesday's Spring Statement when he made the gaffe.
Government analysis suggests more than 3 million families will on average be £1,720 a year worse off by 2030 due to benefit cuts.
Jones said this did not take into account extra cash for training, saying it was like his children getting a Saturday job on top of their pocket money, but the minister later said he was sorry about the "tactless" comments after they were branded "offensive" and "patronising" by critics.
On Wednesday evening, Jones told ITV's Peston programme: "I'm sorry about it. It was tactless and it wasn't well considered", adding "I apologise if I've offended people."