And journalist Ash Sarkar pointed out: “Unless you want to eat plain boiled potatoes, then whatever you want to make with that kilo of spuds is going to cost more (not to mention time and cooking equipment.”

As the responses to Rees-Mogg’s tweet highlight, food poverty is a lot more than just a lack of budget to buy food. Thanks to the rising costs of gas, electricity and rent, people in poverty are often left without the resources to spend hours cooking a meal with fresh ingredients. And when, according to the latest statistics, an estimated 8.4 million people in the UK struggle to get enough to eat, this is a reality that desperately needs to be understood.

Indeed, as food writer and activist Jack Monroe pointed out in a now-viral thread, living in poverty is a multi-faceted experience, so suggesting someone make a 52p saving on potatoes isn’t the common sense approach it might seem.

Annuziata Rees-Mogg’s comments about food poverty highlight a much wider issue