Lee Anderson provokes furious response by telling Commons that food banks are largely unnecessary
The Conservative MP Lee Anderson has been condemned by opposition MPs and campaigners after arguing in the Commons that food banks are largely unnecessary because the main cause of food poverty is a lack of cooking and budgetary skills.
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