UK government rules out mandatory supermarket price caps after talks with retailers as shop price inflation rises to 1.2% in May.
Last week, Britain's government ruled out imposing mandatory price caps on supermarkets to control food prices, but said it was speaking to the sector about measures to ease cost-of-living pressures. The British Retail Consortium said shop price inflation rose to 1.2% in May, while food price inflation slowed to 2.7%.
5/27/2026 · 3 sources
Coverage
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