MPS' BARGAIN FOOD & BOOZE

..at £9m cost to taxpayer

- JEREMY ARMSTRONG & FLORENCE FREEMAN

MPS are tucking into bargain bacon sarnies and beer in the Commons while their constituents turn to foodbanks amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Tory Lee Anderson, who criticised strugglers and questioned the need for foodbanks, can join his fellow MPs enjoying cheap food and drink as a perk on top of their £84,144 salaries.

In Parliament's bars and restaurants, a coffee costs 69p, a bacon sandwich £1.70, smoked salmon £2.96, and a pint of Peroni is £3.77.