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A Green Party MP has hit back at critics who slammed her for wearing a “£2,000 Gucci shirt” in the House of Commons. Hannah Spencer became the subject of a debate over politicians’ fashion after commentators spotted her wearing an “expensive designer shirt” while making a jab at Reform UK during this week’s PMQs.

“Nothing says ‘fight the wealthy elite’ quite like delivering the lecture in Gucci blouse,” one social media user said. Another accused her of “looking rather splendid in her £2,000 Gucci blouse, paid for by hard-working taxpayers”.

The MP for Gorton and Denton, however, rubbished the claims in a video shared to Instagram on Friday afternoon. Ms Spencer revealed that she had bought the shirt from Oxfam 15 years ago and that it wasn’t Gucci, but a little-known brand called Costa Brava.

“Something phenomenal happened this week when I wore [this shirt] at Prime Minister’s questions,” she said.

“It underwent a remarkable transformation – it went from being a charity shop find to apparently being a £2,000 Gucci shirt. At least that’s what the establishment is saying.”

“Jesus is out there turning water into wine,” Ms Spencer added. “But I’m out here turning charity shop finds into designer clobber.”

Ms Spencer told Politics Joe last month that “you can smell the alcohol when people are in between votes”.

“There’s a room where I walk past and I doubled back and looked in because people are just sat having a drink,” she added.

The parliamentary estate has several bars which workers can enter, alongside MPs and their guests.

Ms Spencer also pressed Prime Minister Keir Starmer on whether he agreed that “MPs shouldn’t be drinking on the job, given that we vote on huge things like the climate crisis, disabled people’s rights, housing [and] child poverty”.

The PM responded: “Look, there are going to be different views on whether people should be able to enjoy a drink here or not.

“But I think we can agree that the majority of people in this country want an economy that works for them, public services that are there when they need them and every child going as far as their talent or ability will take them.

“But the only way to deliver that is through a Labour Government, as we are doing.”