Suffolk Coastal MP slammed for 'insulting' karaoke choice
She sang (I've Had) The Time of My Life, just hours before Universal Credit cuts came into force
Work and Pensions Secretary and Suffolk Coastal MP Therese Coffey has been criticised for singing (I've Had) The Time Of My Life as she cuts universal credit payments.
Ms Coffey belted out a rendition of the power ballad with fellow Tory minister Will Quince at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester in the early hours of Wednesday.
Labour called the timing of her karaoke performance of (I've Had) The Time of My Life, as she removes the £20 uplift to universal credit for millions of people, "an insult and a disgrace".
The temporary increase in the payment was introduced in response to the coronavirus pandemic and its removal has been widely opposed by charities, unions and politicians.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Reynolds said:
"The secretary of state singing that she is having the 'time of her life' while making families £1,000 a year worse off today is frankly an insult and a disgrace.
"It is not too late for the Government to reverse this disastrous decision, support struggling families and cancel this cut."
From Wednesday, no assessments will include the uplift, meaning that no payments will be received that include the extra money from October 13.
The cut will be staggered as families receive payments on different dates.