Badenoch said she opposed that decision, arguing it would mean pensioners "on the breadline" would miss out.

She told the BBC she believed the pension credit threshold was too low and to qualify for it "you truly have to be on the breadline".

When the tour’s over, I’m back on the breadline, honey.

Meanwhile, Laurence Guinness, head of London-based anti-poverty charity the Childhood Trust, said the high cost of living and families "on the breadline" had resulted in increased shoplifting offences.

Michelle was inspired to launch the project because of her own experience living on the breadline.