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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Brexit added nearly £6bn to UK food bills in two years, research finds

Brexit has added £210 to the average household’s food bills.
The average UK household’s food bills cost £210 more since Britain left the EU, LSE researchers discovered. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/PA

Brexit added almost £6bn to UK food bills in the two years to the end of 2021, affecting poorest households the most, research has found.

The cost of food imported from the EU shot up because of extra red tape, adding £210 to the average household food bills over 2020 and 2021, London School of Economics (LSE) researchers discovered.

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