[theo_luddite]

Your caring sharing Guv'n'ment back on top form again 

"Tory MP Lee Anderson says no massive need for food banks in UK, and real problem people not being able to cook properly."

I don't particularly like agreeing with a Tory, but in this case he's right. Many people I know either can not or will not cook meals for themselves and most of them live on ready meals and takeaways. That's fine for a treat, but for cheaper everyday meals, cook it yourself.

It's the same with heating your house (and yourself). What's wrong with advising people to wear an extra layer in the house and turn down the central heating?

Both are basic common sense if you ask me (I know you didn't), but too many need to be told, instead of working it out for themselves.

I do cook nearly all my meals ritchie, as do most people I know, maybe it's a generational thing - yet this dimwit claims you can cook nutritious meals for 30p - not all bloody week you can't. Let's have him and his fascinating recipes on Saturday Kitchen or Masterchef if he's that good. A kilowatt of electricity costs near to 30p depending on who's tariff you're on and the daily standing charges are the thick end of 50p. That 30p goes up in smoke pretty quickly the minute you turn the oven on.