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Report quantifies UK food inflation caused by extreme weather reducing global crop yields since end of 2021

Climate costs have added more to bills than the price of energy since the start of 2022, researchers have calculated.

Climate impacts have added £361 to annual food shops since beginning of 2022, research shows

Food price inflation remains at 10% with prices still near record highs as recent storms hit UK potato and vegetable harvests in the run up to Christmas.

The newly published Grid Connections Action Plan outlines an overhaul that could release 100GW of capacity from the connections queue and cut average connection times from five years to six months.

More than two years after energy prices set off on a journey into outer space, it seems more than fair for families to ask what has been done to tackle one of the biggest crises of our times.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement was delivered just a day before Ofgem confirmed an increase to the energy price cap from January 2024. Yet it contained no new measures to improve energy efficiency at scale, which would have helped in shielding homes and businesses from rising costs.

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the country’s annual autumn statement on Wednesday, pledging £960m investment by 2030 for green industry.

Ofgem increases maximum price suppliers can charge for a typical household’s annual gas and electricity use

Climate experts lament a lack of boldness in Jeremy Hunt’s measures, which made no mention of energy efficiency