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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

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

Nottingham Post

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

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

The Independent UK

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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'

Manchester Evening News

'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

Daily Mirror

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

Nottingham Post

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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 Guardian - 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.

The Independent UK

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’

Evening Standard

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

Nottingham Post

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’.

The Independent UK

Tory MP says poor people struggling with cost of living crisis 'can't cook properly'

'Out of touch doesn’t even cover it'

Wales Online

Tory MP claims no ‘massive use’ for food banks, saying people unable to cook and budget ‘properly’

‘We’ve got generation after generation who cannot cook properly, they can’t cook a meal from scratch’

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The Independent UK

Tory MP : People use food banks because they cannot budget or cook properly

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson made the remarks during a debate on the Queen’s Speech in the House of Commons.

The National (Scotland)

Tory MP blames food bank use on people that 'can't cook or budget'

A TORY MP has claimed there is not a “massive use” for food banks in the UK, but a “generation” of people who are unable to cook properly.

Daily Mirror

Tory MP moans poor people 'can't cook properly' and boasts meals only cost 30p

Ashfield Conservative MP Lee Anderson claimed "generation after generation" of people in his constituency "cannot budget" and "there is not this massive use for food banks"

The National (Scotland)

Tory MP tells Priti Patel to back chain gang punishment for climate protesters

PRITI Patel has not ruled out putting environmental protesters to work in chain gangs as punishment for disruptive tactics.

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Wales Online

Tory MP calls Welsh protestor a 'parasite' and a 'tramp' after he asked him if he would continue to back Boris Johnson

Lee Anderson MP told activist Steve Bray: "If you smartened yourself up you'd make a good tramp"

The Independent UK

‘You’re a parasite’: Tory MP launches angry tirade against Brexit protester outside parliament

Lee Anderson, the MP for Ashfield, accused Steve Bray of looking like a ‘tramp’

USA Today Sports Media Group

Zion Williamson progressing to controlled scrimmages

Andrew Lopez: Willie Green says Zion Williamson has progressed to "controlled scrimmages" - basically 5-on-5 fullcourt work against coaches and some of the back end of the roster. Still no further update on his playing status. Source: Twitter ...

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Stepdad of Zion Williamson Expects Pelicans Star to Play This Season

New Orleans has just four games and a potential play-in tournament appearance remaining.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Zion Williamson’s stepfather expects him to play this season

Zion Williamson's stepfather, Lee Anderson, said he expects Williamson to return to play this season but understands that it's a decision that has to be made with the New Orleans Pelicans' medical staff with a look toward not only the present but ...

Nottingham Post

Fight to keep last bank in Nottinghamshire town is lost after it is put up for sale

It's stood in the town for generations

Nottingham Post

MP Lee Anderson says he smacked his children after punishment made illegal in Wales

Smacking your child has been outlawed in Wales

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