Are UK food prices up 40% since 2019?
X · 3,973 likes (verify.py 13 Nov). Part of Reform's food-price push: Tice's 13 Nov post claims a £140/yr saving (161 likes); Reform says the packaging tax costs £50 a year.
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Nigel Farage's headline figure is essentially right — UK food prices are roughly 40% higher than in 2019-2020 — but his claim that much of this is 'directly due' to Tory and Labour energy policies overstates a political interpretation the Bank of England does not support.
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