Welsh MP Robin Millar has said that the state should be the "last resort" for helping people deal with the cost of living crisis. The Aberconwy MP was asked a question by Yahoo News during an event at the Conservative Party conference about "what the role the state has during the cost-of-living crisis given lifelines like food banks are increasingly unable to meet the current surge in demand".
In response, the Bangor-born Mr Millar said: "When I’ve worked in some poor communities, it’s been very important for them to be able to help one another. And this is important when we think of the state being the last resort. What that assumes is that we’re all passive recipients of benefits or goodness… the state [should not steamroller] the individual human dignity that comes with helping others around us.”
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