Food inflation will become a “normal state of affairs” for Brits due to the worsening climate shocks, experts have warned.
Rishi Sunak is under pressure to act over the sky-high grocery costs facing families when he hauls in supermarkets and farming chiefs to a No10 summit on Tuesday.
Food and drink price inflation hit an eye-watering 19.2% in the year to March, almost twice the overall rate of 10.1%.
Speaking ahead of the summit, Food Foundation boss Anna Taylor warned that high prices are here to stay without Government action – and branded it “extraordinary” that ministers have ditched plans for a horticulture strategy.
She said: “Going forward, climate shocks are going to be worsening as we move into the future shows so we should be expecting food price inflation to be a normal state of affairs.
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