His admission came on the same day that the Mirror revealed how thousands of poverty hit pupils are going to school too hungry to be taught
Clueless David Cameron doesn't know the price of a value loaf of bread showing just how out of touch he is with the British public.
And the PM risked alienating himself from voters further when he tried to defend his ignorance by saying he used a pricey BREADMAKER instead.
His admission came on the same day that the Mirror revealed how thousands of poverty hit pupils are going to school too hungry to be taught.
Teacher Nicky Downes, who works in a Coventry primary, said: "I've looked in a children's lunch boxes on occasion and found one slice of buttered bread."
While many families struggle to make ends meet thanks to ruthless Tory cuts, out of touch Cameron guessed that a "value sliced white loaf" would cost "well north of a pound", when he was quizzed about the cost of living on LBC 97.3 Radio.
Told by presenter Nick Ferrari that the true cost was around 47p, he revealed that he prefers to use an electric breadmaker - and even gave a plug for the manufacturer of the one he uses.
"I don't buy the value sliced loaf, I've got a breadmaker at home which I delight in using and it turns out in all sorts of different ways," he said.
"But you can buy a loaf in the supermarket for well north of a pound."
Told the true price, he added: "I don't buy the...look I'm trying to get my children to eat the sort of granary - and they take it actually, they like my home made bread."
Labour vice-chair Michael Dugher said that Cameron's comments showed he is so out of touch "he is almost a parody of himself".
He added: "Ordinary families are worse off every year thanks to the cost of living crisis under his government.
"It comes as no surprise that he doesn't buy a value loaf of bread. The only surprise is when he said 'I have a breakmaker',most people will have assumed he had his own personal baker rather than a machine".
More than 85 per cent of teachers told our poll that they have seen more children arriving without having had breakfast in the past two years.
But while our survey found instances of desperate children stealing leftovers, David Cameron spoke about how he has time to bake homemade bread with his offspring.
"A little plug for the flour made in my constituency - Cotswold Crunch - you get some of that, beautifully milled in the Cotswolds, you pop that in your breadmaker,' he said.
"You set the timer overnight so when you wake up there is this wonderful smell wafting through your kitchen.
"It takes 30 seconds to put in the ingredients.
"I'd recommend the Panasonic. There you are, that's a shameless plug. Very easy - even Nick Ferrari could work a Panasonic bread maker."
It came after Mayor of London Boris Johnson admitted he didn't know the cost of a pint of milk.
He told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman it was "about 80p or something like that".
Told it was half that, he conceded: "Well there you go, I don't know how much a pint of milk costs. So what?"
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