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He also told the Sunday Mirror that not all people who use food banks are “poor.”

"The Dartford Tories threw themselves a F**KING BUFFET at the opening of a FOOD BANK."

Lee Anderson provoked outrage after suggesting Brits should be "able to feed themselves for 30p".

Lee Anderson suggested that people use food banks because they "cannot cook properly" or "budget" - prompting a furious response from Monroe.

“Everyone should be able to afford their own food, but as families face the biggest income squeeze in a generation, people are telling us they’re having to make impossible decisions between heating and eating and being forced to turn to food banks to feed themselves."

"Show them a little bit of dignity. They’re all queuing up on High Street and everybody in the buses could see them, should be done in a community centre," one person said.

“I remember things being really bad, to the point where at times I ate dog food," she said.

The Trussell Trust handed out 935,749 parcels over the six months to October 2021 - with more than a third going to children.

More and more vegan alternatives to fish and seafood have been announced, at a time when the government will not ask UK people to eat less meat when publishing its new decarbonisation plan next week.