Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA Tory minister has been accused of "misleading" MPs after admitting a long-awaited review into food banks has been "paused". Will Quince denied misleading Parliament after it emerged the study was abandoned almost a year ago due to coronavirus. Yet today the Work and Pensions Minister confirmed the DWP had only ever commissioned a literature review rather than a full-blown study - a fact the Mirror reported in January. He added even that smaller-scale study had been "paused" because "we had to reallocate resources due to pandemic". Mr Quince replied: "No, because as I say it’s an external literature review.

Source: Daily Mirror March 09, 2021 16:45 UTC