Two-thirds of Midlothian residents are cutting back on essential groceries while one in four worry about needing to use food banks, local MP Owen Thompson has said.
Mr Thompson said new research by polling organisation Survation had revealed the difficult situations people in the county were dealing with.
And he criticised the UK Government for being "cloth-eared" saying: "We cannot allow this Tory government to destroy lives and tear up the fabric of communities across Scotland, for the benefit of a privileged few.”
