Theresa May claimed the Government is creating high paid jobs today – hours after it was confirmed real wages had fallen for the eighth consecutive month.

The out-of-touch Tory PM made the bogus and badly-time boast as she clashed with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs.

Corbyn said that May was leading a government that “protect the super rich” while overseeing “cuts, austerity, poverty, homelessness, low wages and the slashing of local services” for everyone else.

May hit back by claiming her government was creating “more high-paid jobs” and claiming that Mr Corbyn “brings stagnation to the country”.

“That is the reality of a Tory government” says @jeremycorbyn as it “protects the super-rich while the rest of us pick up the bill” #pmqs pic.twitter.com/VDikbUq9RF — BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) November 15, 2017

But just an hour a half before PMQs kicked-off at midday, the Office for National Statistics released the latest figures on wage growth.

Average earnings rose by only 2.2% – down again from 2.3% in the last quarter and way behind the 2.8% rise in the cost of living.

That means that real wages are down by 0.6% – the eighth consecutive month in which pay has failed to keep up with inflation.

Economist Danny Blanchflower helpfully published the Tories’ recent track record in full:

uk workers doing great hence why MPC raised rates because real wages have being growing nicely here the last eight month changes

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oops they fell every month oh bother — Danny Blanchflower (@D_Blanchflower) November 15, 2017

The only person May has created more high paid jobs for is George Osborne…