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    Weekly shopping basket up 15%

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7362676.stm

    High food costs have added £15 to a weekly supermarket shop for a family of four in the UK, new research suggests.

    Comparison website MySupermarket.co.uk says a basket of 24 staple items including tea bags, milk and eggs costs 15% more than it did 12 months ago.


    AND

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7360664.stm

    From 1 April, Scottish and Southern Energy customers have been paying, on average, 14.2% more for their electricity and 15.8% more for gas.

    In early January, Npower put prices up for its electricity customers by 12.7%, while its gas price rose by 17.2%. EDF put up electricity tariffs by 7.9% and gas prices by 12.9%. British Gas increased gas and electricity prices by 15%.

    Scottish Power increased gas bills by 15% and electricity bills by 14%, and E.On put up gas bills by 15% and electricity tariffs by 9.7%.



    Thank goodness government inflation has only risen to 2.5%

    #2
    The average family of four now spends £115 a week on groceries You don't get many bottles of champagne for that!

    Seriously, you don't seem to be able to get a bottle of Veuve Cliquot for under £30 these days. It is not funny.

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      #3
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7362676.stm

      High food costs have added £15 to a weekly supermarket shop for a family of four in the UK, new research suggests.

      Comparison website MySupermarket.co.uk says a basket of 24 staple items including tea bags, milk and eggs costs 15% more than it did 12 months ago.


      AND

      http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7360664.stm

      From 1 April, Scottish and Southern Energy customers have been paying, on average, 14.2% more for their electricity and 15.8% more for gas.

      In early January, Npower put prices up for its electricity customers by 12.7%, while its gas price rose by 17.2%. EDF put up electricity tariffs by 7.9% and gas prices by 12.9%. British Gas increased gas and electricity prices by 15%.

      Scottish Power increased gas bills by 15% and electricity bills by 14%, and E.On put up gas bills by 15% and electricity tariffs by 9.7%.



      Thank goodness government inflation has only risen to 2.5%
      Slow news day huh?

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        #4
        I see it as a great way of enforcing diets on the obese.
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          #5
          Originally posted by Gonzo View Post
          Seriously, you don't seem to be able to get a bottle of Veuve Cliquot for under £30 these days. It is not funny.
          It's around £35 wherever I've seen it - the country has gone to the dogs.

          PS - let me know where you've seen it for £30
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            #6
            Originally posted by Zippy View Post
            It's around £35 wherever I've seen it - the country has gone to the dogs.

            PS - let me know where you've seen it for £30
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              #7
              Originally posted by Zippy View Post
              It's around £35 wherever I've seen it - the country has gone to the dogs.

              PS - let me know where you've seen it for £30
              My local Waitrose has it for £30.16.

              That is for the NV stuff, not the vintage

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                #8
                You are being ripped off

                http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../ixportal.html
                The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

                But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7362676.stm

                  High food costs have added £15 to a weekly supermarket shop for a family of four in the UK, new research suggests.

                  Comparison website MySupermarket.co.uk says a basket of 24 staple items including tea bags, milk and eggs costs 15% more than it did 12 months ago.


                  AND

                  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7360664.stm

                  From 1 April, Scottish and Southern Energy customers have been paying, on average, 14.2% more for their electricity and 15.8% more for gas.

                  In early January, Npower put prices up for its electricity customers by 12.7%, while its gas price rose by 17.2%. EDF put up electricity tariffs by 7.9% and gas prices by 12.9%. British Gas increased gas and electricity prices by 15%.

                  Scottish Power increased gas bills by 15% and electricity bills by 14%, and E.On put up gas bills by 15% and electricity tariffs by 9.7%.



                  Thank goodness government inflation has only risen to 2.5%
                  But luxuries like eating out are getting cheaper - government has skewed the figures to pull the wool over the eyes of the prols.

                  On the whole, people get the government they deserve.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

                    On the whole, people get the government they deserve.
                    Zimbabwe?
                    Burma?
                    North Korea?
                    Sudan?
                    DRC?
                    Belarus?
                    Turkmenistan?

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