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The Independent UK
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Martina Bet

Tory MP Lee Anderson defends saying food bank users ‘cannot cook properly’

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A Conservative MP has doubled down on his controversial comments claiming poor people use food banks because they “cannot cook properly” and “cannot budget”.

Lee Anderson sparked widespread outrage by claimed there is not “this massive use for food banks”, urging Labour MPs to visit a charity in his Ashfield constituency where people get cooking lessons.

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