Ashfield MP Lee Anderson is in hot water again after implying that people reliant on food banks “cannot budget” and “cannot cook food properly”. His remarks have caused anger, amid rising poverty and food insecurity due to the cost of living crisis.
Anderson, a Conservative, was speaking in the House of Commons during a debate on the Queen’s Speech when he claimed that “there is not this massive use for food banks in this country" and that there had been “generation after generation who cannot cook properly”.
The remarks received an angry response, coming at a time when millions of households across the country are struggling with rising prices, soaring energy bills and falling wages. But who is Lee Anderson - and what controversies has he been embroiled in before?
