Utterly shocked to hear about the vote against the extension of free school meals into holiday time. Clearly passed by people who have never gone hungry. Want to know what poverty looks like? Here you go...

I grew up with two working parents, both of whom had to stop working due to disability. I have a younger brother and sister. Here are some of the highlights of my childhood...

I don't remember how old I was, but I know I was in junior school the first time my parents told me we were going to be evicted. I thought that meant we would be on the streets so I packed a bag with extra jumpers and teddy bears for me and my siblings...

Again in junior school, we "camped indoors" wearing our coats and using torches. No lockdown special, just we'd run out of money for the electric metre.

My headteacher in primary school arranged for me to sit the scholarship for an independent school. I didn't, because we couldn't afford the uniform...

However, we couldn't afford the uniform at state school either. The bullying was special. I wore a skirt three times too big for 2 years because it was the only one available in the second hand store.

Baked beans. All the baked beans. If we were being fancy, it even had sausage in it!

First person in my family to go to university. couldn't afford textbooks because I was supporting my family on my student grant.

And I don't mean this to be a pity party. Life was hard, but there are things I am profoundly grateful for. However, I do know the reality of food insecurity, of watching my parents cry, of choosing between cooked food or light because you can afford gas or electric but not both

As a curate, I love spending time in our local schools. Last summer two teachers told me they hated saying goodbye to their children each summer, because they knew some of them would have lost weight.

One of those teachers taught 6-7 year olds.

I am well aware there is no magic money tree, but the values of a community are seen in the way we treat the most vulnerable, and tonight our government just told children - children - that their fear, their hunger and their vulnerability didn't mean anything.

I know I am part of a wonderful Christian community full of those who give, often hugely sacrificially. I am so grateful for that. But we shouldn't need our elderly saving pennies to buy an extra can of soup for a vulnerable family.

Jesus would be turning over the tables. I wonder how many of us would help him? Because it feels like the government would have turfed him out for his "simplistic solutions" .