THAT'S RICH

Privately educated, former banker, married to a billionaire's daughter, doesn't know how much a tin of beans costs... but has gall to tell struggling families he wants £20-a-week Universal Credit back. HEARTLESS CHANCELLOR. MR BEAN SO MEAN. Tory refuses to axe UC cụt...but doesn't know food price

- PIPPA CRERAR

RISHI Sunak yesterday sparked fury by refusing to block the cruel £20 Universal Credit cut.

The super-rich Chancellor's stubborn move will plunge millions more into poverty.

One UC claimant said: “I don't know how I'll manage Meanwhile out of touch Mr Sunak, left, was stumped at the cost of a can of beans.

WITH millions already in poverty. Rishi Sunak yesterday had the opportunity to show the Tories are serious about levelling up by axing the £20 Universal Credit cut.

But the Chancellor, who is married to a billionaire's daughter, condemned many more to a life of misery after he refused to leave the vital benefit rise in place, to help struggling families through the cost-of-living crisis.

And he sparked fury by dismissing the genuine fears of those who will be hit hardest by the cut, which comes into force today, by declaring: “Is the answer to their hopes and dreams just to increase their benefits? Many people claiming UC are in work but their wages are so dire they need the extra £20 a week to survive.

The cruel blow comes on top of a National Insurance hike and after more than a decade of austerity.

In an example of how out of touch Mr Sunak is with the ordinary people he is battering, he could not say when quizzed how much a tin of beans costs.

The Chancellor, who has plans (c for a swimming pool, gym and Petennis court at his £1.5million 09 Yorkshire manor, rejected pleas by Labour, unions, landlords, Polo charities and Tory MPs to keep Pas the payment.

Labour's Angela Eagle said: You can't expect somebody who has got planning permission to build an indoor swimming pool in his constituency home to understand the terrible choice that some working families have to take between heating their home and feeding their children.