WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols says only 'half measures' were delivered from the Chancellor on Wednesday.

Rishi Sunak outlined plans for the economy and spending in the face of the coronavirus pandemic in his spending review, which was delivered to Parliament on Wednesday.

He warned that the ‘economic emergency has only just begun’, with the biggest decline in 300 years forecast.

He promised pay rises for doctors nurses but freezes for other public sector workers.

Labour MP Ms Nichols said she will be fighting for Warrington to have a fair share of 'levelling up funding' which he announced.

She added: "Warrington needed a plan from the Chancellor to support jobs and grow our local economy but all we got were more half measures.

"Key workers in Warrington won’t forget the Chancellor standing on his doorstep to clap for them but now he’s cutting their pay, meaning they will have less to spend in our local economy.

"The economic crisis we are in now demands a fresh approach from the Government. This crisis was totally unprecedented and the economies of all countries in the world have suffered.

"In spite of that – and when the public needed effective government most – the Chancellor threw billions of taxpayers’ money down the drain for PPE that never turned up, left us with the worst downturn in the G7 and created a jobs crisis through the threat of removing the furlough until the last minute.

"I welcome money in the ‘levelling up’ fund and will fight for Warrington to have a fair share of this money so that we can build back better from this pandemic."