Tory Minister Lord Freud – who once referred to people on benefits as corpses – has come under fire again after he said that it was “very hard” to know why people use Food Banks. Speaking in the Lords, Freud said:
“Clearly nobody goes to a food bank willingly. However, it is very hard to know why people go to them.”
People to go them in increasing numbers due to the policies of your government, Lord Freud…



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