A Tory MP has sparked a backlash after he claimed nurses using food banks had “something wrong” with their own finances.
Lee Anderson suggested anyone earning £30,000 a year who needed to use a food bank was not managing their money properly.
He made the comments when asked about striking nurses who have had to resort to food banks to get by during the cost of living crisis.
The Ashfield MP, whose basic salary is £84,144, told Times Radio: “I heard some nonsense a few weeks back that nurses were actually stealing food off patients’ plates. I don’t believe it.
“Anybody earning 30 odd grand a year, which most nurses are, using food banks, then they’ve got something wrong with their own finances.”
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