BARNSLEY East MP Stephanie Peacock has slammed the latest budget, stating it does not address the key issues people face in this region.
A number of new policies were outlined by chancellor Philip Hammond in the budget, announced on Wednesday, with a big emphasis on helping people get on the housing ladder.
A sum of £2.8bn has also been pledged to the NHS but Mrs Peacock feels this will fall well short of what is needed.
She also feels more should have been done to tackle crime.
She said: “This budget does nothing to address the real issues affecting people here in Barnsley.
“It fails to tackle the huge challenges facing our social care system, and the £2.8bn offered to the NHS falls way below the £4bn it desperately needs.
“The chancellor did not even mention policing despite the massive cuts to our local force and increased crime rates in the area, or the public sector pay cap which has caused a real terms pay cut for so many hard-working nurses, firefighters, police officers and other public sector workers here in Barnsley.
“Hard-working people here in Barnsley needed a budget that tackled the effects of nearly a decade of Tory-imposed austerity, but the government instead offered paltry solutions that fall woefully short of what’s needed.”
