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Cameron distances himself from Lord Freud's comments over food banks
Former Work and Pensions Secretary David Blunkett condemned Lord Freud's words as inaccurate
and insensitive
David Cameron distanced himself today from comments by a minister questioning whether
there was a link between the soaring use of food banks and cuts to benefit payments.
As reported by The Independent, Lord Freud suggested more people were using the banks
because more of them existed - and denied they were even part of the welfare system.
Mr Cameron was challenged over the remarks by Stephen Timms, the shadow Employment
Minister, during Prime Minister's Question Time.
Mr Timms asked him: "There was demand for food banks from 30,000 households in the year
before the general election, but the figure was 350,000 households last year.
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