Lee Anderson says he is using a £15,000 donation from a London private members' club to go towards employing a member of campaign staff. The latest register of members' interests shows that the exclusive Carlton Club has given the Ashfield Tory MP £15,000 for "local campaigning."
Mr Anderson has recently been the subject of controversy after using a picture of one of his staff to argue that people on more than £30,000 shouldn't have to use a food bank. The MP also said that some of those who do use food banks waste money on "fags and booze", the Sunday Mirror reports.
Anneliese Dodds, chair of the Labour Party, reacted to the £15,000 donation by saying: "Lee Anderson's constituents will be surprised to hear about this big money donation. It seems like this self-styled 'man of the people' is no different from the countless other Conservative MPs happy to accept cash from a swanky members-only Mayfair club. He's just as out of touch as they are."
