Conservative MP David Morris has ignited a storm of controversy after openly suggesting that Doctors and Teachers in his Morecambe constituency were lying about the extent of child poverty in the area, and that the claims were simply part of a Momentum-led conspiracy. A recent ITV investigation went viral on social media after teachers in the area claimed that child poverty was so bad that: They were having to wash pupils’ uniforms as parents could not afford their electricity bills They had witnessed parents passing out in the school hall through malnutrition after missing meals due to lack of money They had to regularly invite parents to join in with breakfast club in school and take them to food banks They had to regularly hand out shoes and coats to pupils whose parents could not afford them. Meanwhile, local GP Andy Knox said that he was witnessing a surge in the number of children coming in to his surgery with severe conditions linked to extreme malnourishment, suc...
