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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze & Dan Bloom

Bank of England governor gives 'apocalyptic' warning about food prices due to Ukraine war

The governor of the Bank of England today gave an "apocalyptic" warning that food supplies could tighten and prices soar due to the war in Ukraine.

Andrew Bailey used the eye-popping phrase as he admitted the situation is “very, very difficult” as inflation soars.

And despite talks on whether to use interest rate rises to bring inflation under control, Mr Bailey admitted “there’s not a lot we can do about 80% of it”.

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