Labour must stop spiralling food prices in UK
As food prices spiral with inflation, the Scottish Greens are calling for the UK Government to work with retailers to bring in cost controls to ensure everyone can afford to eat.
The calls for price protection come at a time where food insecurity is already widespread in the UK, with 7.5 million people, including children, living in food poverty worrying about where their next meal will come from, which will only worsen if food prices continue to increase.
Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay said:
“Everyone deserves good food to eat, and in 2025 nobody should be worrying about how they will afford their shopping.
“We cannot allow food insecurity to worsen. The cost of living crisis is far from over for the many people who are already relying on foodbanks or being forced to go hungry.
“It doesn't need to be this way The cost of food should not be outstripping wages. Supermarkets and retailers should not be given carte blanche to profit from essentials like food.
“The UK government must work with supermarkets and retailers to ensure prices are affordable for every budget. Price protections can have an important role in ensuring that people are able to fill their plates and feed their families.
“There must also be a relentless focus on raising people’s incomes and living standards, rather than the approach we have seen with social security cuts that are plunging families into poverty.
“There is nothing more important to us than our health and being able to access good, affordable and nourishing food. It is the bare minimum that the UK government should be doing to help ease the financial strain of skyrocketing costs.”