AN East Lancashire MP hit out at the amount people can claim in benefits during Prime Minister’s Questions in the Houses of Parliament this week.

Darwen and Rossendale MP Jake Berry asked David Cameron: “Leaving home before it is light and returning from work when it is dark, hard-working families in my constituency have a gross household income of just £25,000.

“Does my right honorable friend think it right that their neighbours living on benefits earn more?”

The Prime Minister replied: “Only this week we have yet again had a vote on our welfare benefits cap, which most people would see as generous at £26,000, and once again Labour has voted for unlimited welfare.

“Under Labour, some families were getting £100,000 of housing benefit.”