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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Tory MP who said Brits using foodbanks can't cook or budget made deputy chairman

A divisive Tory who claimed hard-up foodbank users can't cook or budget has been named as the party's deputy chairman.

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson was handed the post as part of Rishi Sunak's Cabinet reshuffle following the sacking of Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi over his tax affairs.

The right-wing Brexiteer will serve under new chairman Greg Hands, a London MP who backed Remain, in a sign Mr Sunak is trying to appease hardliners in his party.

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