A Conservative MP has been heavily criticised for claiming that people who use food banks do not know how to cook or manage their finances properly
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Mr Anderson said people at a food bank in his Nottinghamshire constituency of Ashfield were being shown how they could cook"cheap and nutritious meals" from scratch on a budget of about 30p a day. But SNP MP Joanna Cherry, who followed Mr Anderson in the debate said people do not use food banks because they do not know how to cook, but because"we have poverty in this country at a scale that should shame his government".
"The idea that the problem is cooking skills and not 12 years of Government decisions that are pushing people into extreme poverty is beyond belief.Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokeswoman, Wendy Chamberlain, said in a statement:"These comments are disgraceful and an insult to millions of hard-working people who are struggling to put food on the table for their family through no fault of their own.
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