article_snippet.sent: It's a brave politician indeed who is willing to expose their own battle with their squeezed middle for the cameras.
article_snippet.sent: As the election gets underway the gloves have come off between the main parties, and for three frontbenchers the tops have come off as well.
article_snippet.sent: Skipping breakfast, grabbing lunch on the go and late nights in Parliament's bars and restaurants can take Parliament toll on MPs when MPs arrive in Westminster.
article_snippet.sent: As deputy leader of the Commons, Lib Dem deputy Commons leader Tom Brake job involved a lot of sitting on the green leather benches listening to debates.
article_snippet.sent: Labour MP Gavin Shuker  was elected as MP for Luton South in 2010, after incumbent Margaret Moran was forced out over incumbent Margaret Moran expenses.
article_snippet.sent: I’m sure at one point an MP’s life was all big boozy lunches and champagne dinner receptions,' A shadow International Development minister said. '
article_snippet.sent: The reality now is that if you eat lunch at all, it’ll be out of a box at your desk, like most people.'
article_snippet.sent: For the first time in decades
article_snippet.sent: It may not be easy, but then in this age of austerity, the biggest cuts never are.'