Jake Berry

Britons struggling with soaring bills should try getting a better-paid job or cut back on their spending, Conservative party chairman Jake Berry has said.

[Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) Mr Berry did not rule out significant spending cuts, but refused to be drawn on specific policies. Shown a Resolution Foundation graph making clear that higher earners benefitted most from the government’s plans, Mr Berry said he could not see the image. He did not give any insight into future plans and I’m sure in terms of his private conversations he didn’t give any.” [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. It set out that we would drive to create economic growth and that’s exactly what the prime minister’s doing,” he said. Some Tory MPs are considering whether to vote with Asked what Mr Kwarteng had said, he told Sky News: “I certainly didn’t hear him make those comments. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Labour shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said Ms Truss has failed to understand the “anxiety and fear” felt by people facing huge hikes in their mortgage repayments, accusing the PM and chancellor of launching a “mad experiment” with the economy. [Labour](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/labour) to stop mini-Budget measures – particularly the axing of the 45p top rate of income tax. I was there so I listened to what he said and what he talked about was his plan for growth.”

In response to Mr Berry's comments, Unison general secretary Christina McAnea said the Government was "living on another planet"

He also rubbished claims that Mr Kwarteng talked his plans over with hedge fund managers at a champagne do held after the mini-Budget, saying those in attendance at the event should be "lauded". He continued: It set out that we would drive to create economic growth and that’s exactly what the prime minister’s doing." He did not give any insight into future plans and I’m sure in terms of his private conversations he didn’t give any.” During the interview, he was questions about the controversial economic strategy being laid out by new [Prime Minister ](https://www.lancs.live/all-about/politics)Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng. That’s the approach the government is taking in trying to create growth." He said the mandate came from the Tory party's 2019 general election win.

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\n\nWhere can I get a job that would allow me to pay all my bills and employ 2 people full time?\u201d— Rachel George \ud83d\udc99 (@Rachel George \ud83d\udc99) \u201cJake Berry claimed \u00a3220,100 expenses in last year, he wont need to get a new job to pay his energy bills, we are paying for him. [Sign up](https://www.independent.co.uk/newsletters?itm_channel=native&itm_campaign=footer&itm_audience=prospecting&itm_content=newsletters) to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter

In a tetchy performance on The Andrew Neil Show, Tory party chair Jake Berry repeatedly insisted that everyone would have to wait until the Chancellor's ...

Instead, the information could be dragged out of it by parliament, by using a humble address to obtain the OBR forecast or some other device. If every minister interviewed for the next six weeks sounded like Berry did just now, then it would be a disaster for the government. Berry’s performance, which involved repeatedly trying to answer a different question to the one he was asked, made it even harder to believe that this line can hold.

Conservative Party Chairman Jake Berry was accused of 'tone deaf' comments after he said people struggling with the cost of living “can either cut their ...

Mr Berry said: "We often have drinks receptions for donors in the Conservative Party and in fact these people should be lauded because we don't have public funding of political parties and these are people who go out and make money and donate to political parties in the same way as they do for the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats." “People know that when their bills arrive, they can either cut their consumption or they can get a higher salary, higher wages, go out there and get that new job,” he said. Conservative Party Chairman Jake Berry was accused of ‘tone deaf’ comments after he said people struggling with the cost of living “can either cut their consumption or get a higher salary.”