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A south Essex poverty campaigner has slammed an MP for suggesting those less fortunate should just buy cheaper food.

JAN MOIR: George Eustice made a right meal of offering advice to families on a budget who are struggling with the cost of living crisis.

Food campaigner Jack Monroe said Environment Secretary George Eustice was in ‘no position to tell other people to get cheaper biscuits’.

The British Retail Consortium said growing shop prices reflect the impact of energy costs, the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 lockdown in China

With those increases but as anna was saying, actually i can remember the daily mirrorfront page saying, actually i can remember the daily mirror front page quoting jack monroe say they are already shopping at the value brands and she told us last year that basic staples had gone up 30% plus in the space of the year because of all the other effects of covid—19 and the problems of supply and other related problems and inflation was just adding another element to this. people going for cheaper options to try and blow themselves up, the cheap filling food like pasta and so on and actually that's...