BBCNEWS Ros Atkins On... The Rising... January 30, 2022 22:50:00
On the poorest people. i did a £10 food shopping 2012 for the sunday people, and i re—did exactly the same food shop last week and then it came £17 and ii p. the reasons for the rise in food prices are numerous. among them are supply chain problems and labour shortages caused by covid and in part by brexit. and there are other pressures on the cost of living, too. some people will pay more income tax this year, and there's the removal of the temporary increase of the universal credit benefit, something that affects those on lower incomes. those same people who saw that cut to their univers...