Tory vice-chair Lee Anderson faces libel claim over bribery allegations

Man who runs a food bank charity alleges MP for Ashfield defamed him in a Facebook post

A man who runs a food bank charity is pursuing a libel claim against the new vice-chair of the Conservatives, a law firm has said.

Michael Hollis alleges that Lee Anderson, who once claimed that people could feed themselves on 30p a day, defamed him in a Facebook post that he later refused to take down.