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What Welsh foodbanks say about claims from a Tory MP that people just need to learn how to cook and budget

Some foodbanks have seen numbers triple in the past month as the cost of living hits families

Wales Online

Disbelief and anger on Nottinghamshire streets after MP Lee Anderson's food bank tirade

There were some messages of support too

Nottingham Post

Dad-of-seven Boris Johnson refuses to say price of nappies in awkward interview

The father of at least seven dodged a question about the price of a pack of Pampers in Boots - saying “I’m not going to get into” that. He couldn't even name the energy price cap

Daily Mirror

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Beverley Turner backs MP suggesting people need to learn to cook and budget

TV and radio presenter said "most people" using food banks would want to "sign up for a cooking course"

Wales Online

Nottinghamshire Conservative MP Lee Anderson 'glad' foodbank comments kicked off debate

He spoke on national radio to defend himself

Nottingham Post

Who is Lee Anderson, the Tory MP causing outrage with his food bank comments?

TORY MP Lee Anderson is facing a backlash for suggesting some food bank users “cannot cook properly”.

The National (Scotland)

Tory doubles down on foodbank claims and says 'I'm glad it caused all this fuss'

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson dug in over his controversial remarks, saying: 'The point I was trying to make is that I think the the actual food bank usage is is exaggerated'

Daily Mirror

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This Morning fans slam 'snob' guest calling for cooking lessons for food banks users

This Morning guest Beverley Turner defended MP Lee Anderson's controversial comments that people who use food banks need cooking courses

Daily Mirror

Fury on Merseyside at Tory MP who said people using foodbanks 'can't cook properly'

Foodbank workers in this region were outraged by the comments of Lee Anderson

Liverpool Echo

Minister distances Government from Tory MP Lee Anderson’s food bank comments

The MP for Ashfield is facing a backlash for saying people use food banks because they ‘cannot cook properly’ and ‘cannot budget’.

The Independent UK

Tory MP refuses to apologise for ‘common sense’ claim food bank users can’t cook properly

Education will let people ‘fend for themselves’, says Lee Anderson – as his £220,000 expenses claim emerges

The Independent UK

Tory MP doubles down on 'disgraceful' food bank rant as he slams 'gutter press'

A TORY MP who has been lambasted by the opposition, charities and even his own government has doubled down on “disgraceful” comments about food…

The National (Scotland)

Lee Anderson: Tory MP tells struggling families to learn to cook so they can ‘cut back on chip shop’

A Tory MP who insisted there is little need for food banks has said struggling families should learn to cook so they can cut back on going to the “chip shop”.

Evening Standard

Nottinghamshire readers react to Lee Anderson saying food bank use fuelled by no budgeting or cooking skills

The Conservative MP for Ashfield has also hit back on Facebook

Nottingham Post

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Nottingham Post

Notts MP Lee Anderson defends food banks comments after saying people use them because they 'cannot cook properly'

He was backed by Conservative MP for Mansfield Ben Bradley

The Independent UK

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

The Ashfield MP said people use food banks because they ‘cannot budget’.

Manchester Evening News

Angela Rayner jokes Tory MP Lee Anderson will be eating Space Raiders for dinner after foodbank comments

The Tory MP faced calls to apologise after suggesting people relying on foodbanks could make a meal 'for about 30p a day'

Daily Mirror

'Tories can't help struggling Brits as they have no idea of how tough life is for them'

The attitude of Tories was summed up by MP Lee Anderson, who claimed there was not a massive need for foodbanks and that people are only going hungry because they had not learned to cook properly

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Nottingham Post

Lee Anderson: Who is the controversial MP?

The Ashfield MP suggested that people reliant on food banks "cannot cook" and "cannot budget"

Nottingham Post

Tory MP defends Lee Anderson and says 'poor basic skills' trapping people in cycle of poverty

He has come to the defence of Ashfield's Tory MP Lee Anderson whose comments have been the cause for controversy

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP blames food poverty on lack of cooking skills

Lee Anderson provokes furious response by telling Commons that food banks are largely unnecessary

The Independent UK

MP calling for protester to be locked in the Tower is ‘griping for coverage’

Dudley North MP Marco Longhi condemned the disruption caused by Steve Bray.

Evening Standard

Conservative MP sparks fury by saying there is not a ‘massive use’ for food banks in UK

Mr Anderson, however, said meals could be cooked from scratch ‘for about 30 pence a day’

Nottingham Post

Notts MP Lee Anderson says lack of basic cooking and budgeting skills is fuelling food bank use

He used a foodbank in his constituency as an example of what can be done

The Independent UK

Tory MP urged to apologise over claim food bank users ‘cannot cook properly’

Labour branded his remarks ‘beyond belief’, whilst the Liberal Democrats described them as ‘disgraceful’ and the SNP ‘reprehensible’.

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