Home Secretary Priti Patel was confronted by a police officer who is working overtime just to get by and feed her son.
Det Con Vicky Knight of North Wales Police left Ms Patel squirming at the annual Police Federation conference on Tuesday, after describing her finances at the end of the month.
Ms Patel had just made a speech expressing how proud she was of police while unveiling plans to give volunteer police offers the powers to use Tasers.