Families have now resorted to stealing essentials such as baby formula due to skyrocketing prices.
Families have resorted to stealing essentials such as baby formula due to skyrocketing prices, MPs warned.Sainsbury’s stores in Kent,are among those which have added extra security measures.
Ministers were today warned of rising concerns over inflation across the UK, and the true price of the living cost crisis on families. Alison Thewliss, SNP MP for Glasgow Central, told the House of Commons: ‘One of the most worrying increases in food prices is for infant formula, some of which is now so expensive it is security tagged and kept behind the till because families have resorted to stealing it.
‘What is the Government doing to make sure that infant formula is available to families who need it? Because at this price many cannot afford it at all.’Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse replied that support for families slipping into poverty was ‘constantly’ under review. He responded: ‘Obviously we are monitoring all prices, particularly in vital areas like formula, very closely and I know she will welcome therefore the support that is going to eight million houses on means-tested benefits starting from today, with another instalment in the future coming this autumn on top of the assistance that has already been given.
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