Skip to main content
Donate to the 95 years appeal
Tory hunger hypocrisy
MP who voted for social security cuts and against free school meals complains of ‘intolerable hunger’ in the home counties
Steve Baker (centre) with fellow Tory MPs Stephen Crabb (left) and John Redwood in September 2019

Parliamentary reporter @TrinderMatt

A SENIOR Tory backbencher was accused of hypocrisy today after he railed at “intolerable hunger” in the home counties despite having voted for cuts to social security and against extending free school meals.

Wycombe MP Steve Baker warned ministers of a cost of living crisis in seats such as his, where he said people have been “tipped over the edge” financially by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Mr Baker urged ministers to abandon plans to end the temporary £20 uplift to universal credit (UC) in September, with Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey known to be uneasy about the move as a Tory rebellion grows.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Protesters during the Protect The Right To Strike march in L
BFAWU Conference 2024 / 12 June 2024
12 June 2024
Sarah Woolley addresses the BFAWU Conference
BFAWU Conference 2024 / 12 June 2024
12 June 2024
BFAWU Conference 2024 / 11 June 2024
11 June 2024
Similar stories
Protesters demonstrate as Chancellor Rachel Reeves is about
Britain / 26 March 2025
26 March 2025
Labour accused of ‘balancing the books off the backs of the poor’ in spring spending statement
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall arrives in Downing S
Britain / 17 March 2025
17 March 2025
Disabled people and MPs mobilising against government's ‘appalling’ welfare cuts
A Universal Credit sign on a door of a job centre plus in ea
Britain / 3 September 2024
3 September 2024