Oliver Dowden drew laughter from the government benches when he said he will “take no lectures on profligacy” from the SNP.<br /><br />The deputy prime minister stood in for Rishi Sunak during PMQs on Wednesday 7 June, when Mhairi Black questioned him over the “priorities” of the Tory party in the cost of living crisis.<br /><br />“This government plans to cut taxes for the richest, spend £6bn imprisoning people fleeing war and persecution and has lost £21bn to government fraud throughout this pandemic,” Ms Black said.<br /><br />“Is the view from the prime minister’s luxury helicopter so skewed that during a cost of living crisis, he thinks this is what people’s priorities are?”<br /><br />Mr Dowden then hit back, saying: “I’m going to take no lectures on profligacy from the SNP”.
