After being branded 'heartless' and 'arrogant' - do you agree with Simon Clarke's nurse pay comments? - Teesside Live
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Simon Clarke said BBC Radio Tees that people on an average of £35,000 a year should not be using food banks
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Tory MP Simon Clarke is blasted after saying nurses forced to use
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Tory MP Simon Clarke is blasted after saying nurses forced to use
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MP Simon Clarke's nurses-using-food banks remarks criticised by
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Disgusting' rich Tory MP accuses nurses using foodbanks of 'not
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Tory MP Simon Clarke is blasted after saying nurses forced to use
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Tory MP Simon Clarke is blasted after saying nurses forced to use
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After being branded 'heartless' and 'arrogant' - do you agree with