MP Lee Anderson is called “out of touch” after making another controversial claim; this time about food banks and the people that use them.

A member of parliament has been criticised for claiming people who rely on food banks don’t know how to cook or manage their finances well, adding that people can make meals with a budget of just 30p a day.

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson of the Conservative Party said that there is not a “massive use for food banks” but that people just “cannot cook properly” and “cannot budget”. The controversial speech was made at the Commons debate this week which focused on the Government’s new Queen’s Speech outlining 38 proposed bills, which some say offers little to address Britain’s soaring cost-of-living crisis.

When asked if food banks are needed in 21^st century Britain, the Conservative MP said there wasn’t any need, later adding that what is in fact required are cooking courses.