Tory candidate ‘shamed’ for implying foodbank users are freeloaders
A CONSERVATIVE parliamentary candidate faced shouts of “shame” at a hustings for implying that those who use foodbanks are freeloaders.
Brendan Clarke-Smith told an election hustings that the reason foodbanks have grown under a Tory government is because “they give stuff away.”
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