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Anna MacSwan

David Cameron spotted delivering food parcels to elderly and vulnerable near his home

David Cameron has been delivering food parcels to those left vulnerable by the coronavirus crisis.

The ex-Prime Minister was photographed near his Oxfordshire home on Friday as he loaded supplies for the elderly into a car, the Sun reports.

One of 35 volunteers who staff the "Chippy Larder" in Chipping Norton every week, he was seen queuing outside a church to collect provisions to be delivered to local households.

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The former PM is one of 35 volunteers who staff the "Chippy Larder" in Chipping Norton every week (HNP Newsdesk/Hyde News & Pictures Ltd)

Mr Cameron, who was the Tory MP for Witney, has been volunteering with the service with his daughter Nancy for the last four weeks.

The group take donations of food, which they receive for free from supermarkets across Oxfordshire, to vulnerable households.

The former PM, whose family home is in nearby Dean, has been personally delivering fruit, vegetables and non-perishable food to various locations in the area.

"I had been helping St Mary’s Church and they told me about the Chippy Larder," Mr Cameron explained.

Mr Cameron has been volunteering for the service with his daughter Nancy for the last four weeks (HNP Newsdesk/Hyde News & Pictures Ltd)

"What’s amazing is that more volunteers are joining in – the Big Society is alive and well in West Oxfordshire.

“It’s been interesting walking around Chipping Norton and the streets where I used to canvas and it’s been nice to reconnect with those communities."

He added that the UK Government is doing "a very good job in difficult circumstances" in battling the pandemic and said "I'm willing them on".

He described the public response to coronavirus as "truly magnificent".

The ex-PM resigned after the UK voted to leave the EU in June 2016.

He stepped down from Parliament in September that year after initially staying on as the MP for West Oxfordshire, the seat he had held since 2001.

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