The Metro – MP blames poor: ‘can’t cook, won’t cook’
The Metro – MP blames poor: ‘can’t cook, won’t cook’
A Tory MP said there is no need for food banks because people either “can’t cook” or “can’t budget”, The Metro writes.
He was speaking in the Commons debate on the government’s new Queen’s Speech outlining 38 proposed bills but which critics say offers little to address Britain’s soaring cost-of-living crisis, amid spiralling prices as well as energy bills.
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