date:Dec 20, 2013
Tesco is having to put on extra security as poor people are fighting each other for reduced fruit and vegetables, a former minister claimed today.
Labour's Fiona Mactaggart told the Commons a constituent had reported seeing shoppers fighting on three separate occasions when discounted items were brought out at a Tesco store in Slough, Berkshire.
The MP for Slough, intervening during a debate on food banks, told shadow environment secretary Maria Eagle: I wanted to inform you and the Commons th