Cost of living. Pasta up 59.9% Chips Up 38.7%
ONS figures which looked at the cost of supermarket own brand and budget products over 12 months have shown increases that one suspects will not be discussed or even recognised around Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet table.
The hike in the prices of staple food items is huge. What is not huge in many cases are the pay rises to cover it. Meanwhile the Chancellor still seems to be pondering not raising benefits in line with inflation which stands at over 10%.
The ONS figures represent really useful knowledge, an index of a crisis where millions will struggle to pay to heat and eat in the months to come.
The People’s Assembly backed by a range of unions and campaigns has called a national protest for Saturday 5th November in central London (Embankment, midday). It’s a start
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