A Northumberland county councillor has come under fire for his views on poverty after claiming he doesn't see "people dying on the streets".
A video of Coun Jeff Watson discussing poverty with Guardian columnist and left-wing activist Owen Jones at the Conservative Party Conference began circulating on social media on Thursday.
The cabinet member, who represents Amble West with Warkworth and is the council's cabinet member for healthy lives, denied the UK had issues with malnutrition as he did not see "people dying on the streets" in his area.
