Telling people hit by rising energy bills to get a better paid job was 'ever so clumsy', Tory MP Jake Berry says

Conservative party chairman Jake Berry says he regrets telling people to get better-paid jobs to cover their energy bills. Mr Berry described his controversial comments as 'ever so clumsy'.

The MP for Rossendale and Darwen told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday last week: "People know that when their bills arrive, they can either cut their consumption or they can get (a) higher salary or higher wages, go out there and get that new job. That's the approach the Government is taking in trying to create growth."

But speaking to GMB on Thursday, he said: "I accept (my comments) were ever so clumsy and I'm sorry if people have misinterpreted it. It was part of a larger interview.