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She said: In the world where people actually live we now hear daily stories of families going without food and others unable to turn their ovens on in fear of rising energy bills. Government figures show the number of people on Universal Credit was 5.6 million on 13 January 2022. Also listed was 67.57 for hospitality. He has been ", @chrispm87 said: "He forgets those very same taxpayers have more loyalty and respect for those in the NHS than they do their own MPs. [13], Anderson was one of three Conservative Party candidates investigated by the party over claims of antisemitism during the election campaign. Prior to the visit, Anderson was recorded on his microphone instructing a man to "make out you know who I am, that you know I'm the candidate but not that you are a friend". [4] He was suspended in February 2018 by the local branch of the Labour Party after receiving a community protection warning by the council for using boulders to block members of the Traveller community from "setting up camp at a site in the area". Mr Anderson, who represents Ashfield, said: "Now then, I think it's important to remember that public sector workers are employed by and paid for by the great British taxpayer. Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi also attacked Mr Anderson's 'astonishing' remarks. Something went wrong, please try again later. Share Page. However, Mr Clarke said he stood by his words. Prior to his parliamentary career, he was a coal miner and worked for Citizens Advice, before serving as Labour councillor in Ashfield from 2015. Youre sat there with glazed expressions, looking at me like Ive landed from a different planet. If I didn't pay my staff any wages, they would be using a food bank. Something went wrong, please try again later. WebBBC News - MP Lee i think the plan for the appointment of the new Deputy Chairman to act as an ongoing media distraction from other issues is working well. Never heard such a ridiculous thing in my life.'. Delta agrees 34% pay rise for pilots - worth up to $90k - with other major airlines set to follow suit, Parole is DENIED for Robert F. Kennedy's assassin Sirhan Sirhan, 78, as prisoner still won't reveal reason for the 1968 murder of the senator and then-presidential candidate, Plastic surgeon reveals the one exercise that makes you AGE FASTER - saying he tells his patients to stop the popular workout if they want to avoid a 'gaunt, old face', 'He played Muhammad Ali, I played Pookie! WebLee Anderson (born 6 January 1967) [1] is a British Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire since 2019. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said neither he nor the government shared Anderson's stance. Lee Anderson Expense Claims Details of the MP expense claim system budgets can be found on the website of the Independent Parliamentary Standard Wife is shocked after husband of 15 years asks for permission to have an affair: 'I don't know what to do'. And this is cooking from scratch.. He added: 'I was a single parent for about 17 years two boys living with me, so you learn how to cook cheaply, learn how to cook nice meals and I enjoyed doing it. He makes a great point, and this is exactly my point. He was revealed to have told a householder ahead of his visit: 'Make out you know who I am, that you know I'm the candidate but not that you are a friend.'. WebLee Anderson , Tory MP (UK), making the case for reducing his own salary to under 30K. Which MP is backing whom the updated list. 'Come, come to Ashfield, come next week, come the week after, come to a real food bank that's making a real difference to people's lives.'. According to IPSA data, Anderson claimed 219,703.44 as business costs from 2020 to 2021 bringing his office, staffing, accommodation, travel and subsistence claims higher than the average 203,880 claimed by MPs. And while I sympathise with some of their demands, does my right honourable friend agree with me that their first loyalty should be with the British taxpayer - and not some power-crazed union barons who fund the Labour party and have in the past paid off Labour MPs' mortgages? Full list of B&M stores closing down over coming weeks, The popular discount chain says the closures are not in association with the "diminishing high street", Lewis OBrien breaks silence as Nottingham Forest transfer is blocked. 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Receive Alerts on updates or mentions in: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Department for International Development (Defunct), Department for Exiting the European Union (Defunct). Nottinghamshire Tory MP Lee Anderson has attracted criticism on social media over comments he made about public sector workers. Tory Lee Anderson bought a lavish, six bedroom house months before suggesting poor people struggle to afford food because they don't know how to cook or budget. The MPs all seem to claim they need those expenses because of the cost of living in London. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. His biggest cost was on staffing at 165,215.27, followed by 33,144.30 on office costs and 17,650.60 on accommodation. "In fact I would say that poor people make some of the best cooks. "[40], Food journalist and activist Jack Monroe hinted at legal action against Anderson after he commented in an interview that "She's taking money off some of the most vulnerable people in society and making an absolute fortune on [sic] the back of people". Mr Anderson's tweet was met with backlash as swathes of social media users hit out at the tone of his message. He also claimed back 21,200 on accommodation and 4,100 on travel and "subsistence." [42], The following month, Anderson said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was the victim of "a witch hunt led by the BBC", shortly after the results of a Conservative vote of confidence in Johnson's leadership was announced. 'It would appear he has no clue of what life is like on the ground for so many of his constituents.'. [19] He had previously worked as her office manager for five years. At the weekend, my dad did his garden and we had vegetables in there top to bottom, and in the bottom we had chickens and rabbits and ducks. ee Anderson has been named deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, a promotion for the man who has been Ashfield MP since 2019. The Met commented that it would take no further action, as "no offences had been identified". WebMP Expense Claim Lee Anderson (Conservative - Ashfield) Date. Jamie Stone, Liberal Democrat MP forCaithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, said Mr Anderson's tweet had been in 'really bad taste'. Mr Anderson, a former Labour councillor who defected to the Conservatives prior to his election to Parliament in 2019, faced immediate anger in the House of Commons. Lee Rowley. "That was our food bank, we had nowhere else to go, we provided for ourselves. According to the ONS, in 2021 the average annual salary was 38,131 for a full-time role. It isn't even the 30p that I am famous for. ", A spokesperson from the Department for Work and Pensions said: "Selective examples aren't representative and don't reflect the wider work incentives in the Universal Credit system.". [39] He said: "I did not say poor people can't cook or there is no need for food banks. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove said Simon Clarke - who held the same post in Liz Truss's government - had sent out the 'wrong message', Thousand of nurses are on strike in a bitter row over pay and working conditions - with some claiming they cannot afford to put food on the table, Mr Clarke said nurses earning 35,000 who are using foodbanks should 'budget better', Members of the RCN at the Florence Nightingale statue near the Florence Nightingale Community Hospital in Derby. [35] For these comments, he was given the nickname "30p Lee" by his critics. Responding directly to Mr Anderson's comments in the Commons, the SNP's Joanna Cherry said: 'All of us have food banks in our constituency. It is hoped that the health street will also support new initiatives, such as Integrated Care Systems and social prescribing, which in some cases tells people to attend groups and activities, rather than prescribing medicine. her added. Chance to bid on 500,000 worth of seized criminal cash in first police auction for Bitcoin, Marcus Rashford steps up pressure on PM over free school meals, Paramedics hit with fine for saving lives by HCPC while boss gets pay rise to 194,000, Car bursts into flames after being driven on wheel rims for miles by drink-driver, Unbreak the Planet: The purpose behind the protest, No-deal would hit red wall seats hardest, Reaction as Never Kissed A Tory set to land on Radio 4. [55][56] He also has two sons from a previous marriage.[53]. [42], Anderson is married to Sinead,[53] a Conservative councillor on Mansfield District Council who has represented the ward of Eakring since 2019. ", A clip of Mr Anderson's comments was tweeted by PoliticsJOE and many people were critical of what he said. If youre going to eat nutritious meals, the chance are youre not going to be overweight.'. "I come from poverty but my dad had a garden. 'We can make a meal for about 30 pence a day. Asked on BBC Breakfast if he agreed with Mr Clarke, Mr Gove said: 'I dont actually, no. The Tory deputy chairman has been accused of demonising people in poverty after claiming some people use food banks for their weekly shops. [7], In July 2019, Anderson was selected as the Conservative candidate for Ashfield for the 2019 general election. It comes asTory MP Simon Clarke voiced defiance despite being rebuked by Michael Gove for saying nurses forced to use food banks should 'budget better'. Mr Anderson, earning 84,144 himself as a member of parliament, invited his peers in the Commons to come to Ashfield to experience their allegedly unique food banks. Truss on 149, Sunak on 132. He has been backed by some colleagues. A Tory MP, who faced a furious backlash after suggesting struggling Britons are only using food banks because they 'can't budget', claimed almost 222,000 in business expenses in one year. Tory scumbag MP Lee Anderson claimed that "the UK has no "massive use for food banks" and that people use them because [27], The same month, in a debate on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Anderson accused the Traveller community in Ashfield of thievery, stating, "the Gypsy encampments that we are talking about in places such as Ashfield are not the traditional, old-fashioned Gypsies sat there playing the mandolin, flogging lucky heather and telling fortunes. The 55-year-old describes himself as 'born and bred' in Ashfield, the Nottinghamshire constituency he now represents in the House of Commons. A Tory MP's attempt to defend Lee Anderson after he made contentious remarks about food banks has backfired.. Last week Anderson sparked outrage after he invited everybody on the opposition benches in the Commons to visit a food bank in his Nottinghamshire constituency where people now need to register for a budgeting course 'What we do in the food bank, we show them how to cook cheap and nutritious meals on a budget,' he added. ( source) 'This debate has got out of hand, the average nurse's salary is 35,000 and senior nurses earn up to about 47,000.'. It is a controversial move, to put it mildly, because since being elected to parliament in 2019, the MP has never been far from a scandal. Express. The 30p figure came from a batch-cooking session made by a team led by a professional chef which stretched an initial 50.24 shop into 172 meals. Rishi Sunak has made Lee Anderson, the outspoken Tory MP with a long history of controversial comments, the partys new deputy chairman. Blunt-talking backbencher Lee Anderson MP was left facing a House of Commons probe after he shared an image of Katy Colthup, one of his parliamentary staffers, on his Twitter feed today and championed the fact she didn't need to use a food bank despite earning less than 30,000 a year. The average costs claimed by MPs in a calendar year is 203,880. His Westminster election campaign provoked a row after he claimed 'nuisance' council tenants should be forced to live in tents and pick vegetables. [44], Anderson backed Kemi Badenoch during the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. It presupposes you're buying in bulk, cooking with big catering trays and have the storage". Her mother, Jane Colthup, is the chief executive of Community First Yorkshire - a charity working across the region for a range of rural causes. Last summer, Mr Anderson refused to watch England's games at Euro 2020 in protest at the men's national football team taking the knee before matches in an anti-racism stance. ", @57timj replied: "30p Lee, gets a nice salary, substantial expenses, subsidised luxury food and drink - all paid for by taxpayers, many of whom are now striking for decent pay and conditions. His loyalties along with the rest of this Government are not on the side of the taxpayer! "I had one particular family I was helping they were going to a foodbank two or three times a week to get their groceries and then I see them in McDonalds two or three times a week," he claimed. Ashfield MP Lee Anderson, who has been labelled as out of touch by opposition MPs, claimed 219,703.44 in business costs from 2020 to 2021, nearly 16,000 higher the average costs for an MP. Danielle is a single mother of two working part-time at a shop in town. Office, Staffing and Accomodation expenses are subject to a budget cap, only travel and subsistence claims are unlimited. After joining the Commons, Mr Anderson made headlines again when he announced he would not watch England matches during the Euro 2020 football tournament. Mr Anderson soon defected to the Tories and was later elected a Conservative councillor. 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Moment '30p Lee' Anderson rips hat off Stop Brexit Man Steve Londoners revolt against Sadiq Khan: Mayor is accused of served across the world for over three decades, including combat operations in tours of Afghanistan, Bosnia and the first Gulf War. Ill offer anybody to come. Conservative MP Lee Anderson has said that people were more resourceful in the past, comparing his family garden growing up to modern food banks. Information from theIndependent Parliamentary Standards Authority's website states parliamentary researchers can earn a maximum of 37,466 a year. [8] He supported Brexit in the 2016 UK EU membership referendum. Mr Clarke-Smith also highlighted a newspaper article from last year detailing how he and Mr Anderson had previously promoted a food bank's efforts to show how it was possible to feed a family of five for seven days for 50.24. Lee Anderson: New Tory deputy chairman would support return of death penalty 9 February 2023. A Tory MP has sparked a backlash after he claimed nurses using food banks had something wrong with their own finances. READ MORE:Ministers under pressure to cut taxes to aid cost of living[REPORT], Come. They were poor, but they were brilliant cooks. She posted on Twitter: 'A genuinely astonishing comment from someone who represents an area with almost 30% of children living in poverty. 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Lee Anderson MP shared a picture of Katy Colthup, a parliamentary researcher, and detailed her personal circumstances, saying she did not need to use a food bank, to his 46,000 Twitter followers, Katy's father is Brigadier David Colthup CBE (above, together) a senior member of the Armed Forces who was commissioned into the historic Green Howards Yorkshire Regiment in 1989. 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. They said the system was designed to ensure "working always pays more", and the government was "building on this" with extra measures - such as claimants being required to meet a dedicated work coach to increase their hours or earnings. Journalism in Britain is under threat. WebEdit: He claimed 180k last year in expenses and 220k the year before. ", Labour MP Alex Cunningham asked Mr Anderson: Should it be necessary to have food banks in 21st Century Britain?. Do not sell or share my personal information. And he spent 67.57 on hospitality. The deputy chairman said there had not been a "proper culture in this country for decades about personal responsibility of feeding ourselves". SNP MP Joanna Cherry told Mr Anderson food banks were needed 'because we have poverty in this country at a scale that should shame his Government'. Two couples in a Nottinghamshire village have become 35,000 richer. I know myself having seen the NHS close up and personal the dedicated care that nurses and others who work in the NHS give. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Web15 of Lee Anderson's biggest controversies and most outlandish quotes. Bookmark. "It is far too easy to say there is a cost of living crisis. Tory MP Lee Anderson (PA Media) A Tory backbencher has come under fire after he shared a colleagues personal information and salary details on Twitter. [17], Anderson was elected as the MP for Ashfield at the 2019 general election with a majority of 5,733. More info. [18] The seat had previously been represented by Labour's Gloria De Piero, who stood down at that election. Search for Constance Martens baby ends in tragedy as remains found, Police confirmed the news at a press conference, Metal arches and bag searches introduced at college after stabbing outside, Crash outside Nottingham Hooters causes delays, Hundreds of homes set to be built in 'very desirable' Nottinghamshire village. Speaking on BBC Radio Tees yesterday, Mr Clarke - who earns 84,000 as an MP - said: 'If you are using foodbanks and your average salary is 35,000 a year then something is wrong with your budgeting because 35,000 is not a salary on which you want to be relying on foodbanks. James O'Brien has branded Tory MP Lee Anderson a "con artist" and a "poster boy for Boris Johnson's Brexit Britain". This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. 'We don't really need to visit his because we're perfectly well aware of the requirement for them. Tory MP who said food bank users cant budget claimed 220k in expenses in one year Lee Anderson provoked outrage after suggesting Brits should be Her father,Brigadier David Colthup CBE, was a decorated senior leader within the British Army whose 34 years of service included combat operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Afghanistan. After leaving school, he followed his coalmining father into the pits, where he worked for 10 years. [49][50], Anderson was appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party in February 2023. WebBBC News - MP Lee i think the plan for the appointment of the new Deputy Chairman to act as an ongoing media distraction from other issues is working well. Published: 13:01 EST, 19 January 2023 | Updated: 14:12 EST, 19 January 2023. [54] She has cystic fibrosis, and has previously received a double lung transplant for the condition. 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[22] In response, the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism issued a briefing paper to all Conservative MPs warning against using the term "cultural Marxism", as it may "inadvertently" act as a "dog-whistle for the far-right". Mr Anderson was also criticised after being caught out setting up a door knock while canvassing. He was most recently the Director of Operations for all Army recruiting and initial training. Andy Bell LinkedIn: MP Lee Anderson: New deputy Tory chairman clashes with radio presenter Lee Anderson is a former coal miner, ex-Labour councillor and a committed Brexiteer. Brexit , Cost of Living Crisis , Economy , Education , Environment , Immigration , Justice , 2020-21 Im always here to help, so please dont hesitate to get in touch. A large grin visible on Anderson's face as he attempts to outmanoeuvre Bray, the MP is then ushered inside the building by a member of armed security. 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