The UK Treasury wants supermarkets to introduce voluntary price caps on key groceries in return for lifting some regulations – including those relating to more sustainable packaging.
This was the exclusive splash in the Financial Times this time last week (May 19 2026), as the paper reported on the Government’s “desperate” attempt to keep prices low for families.
The article reads: “UK food inflation rose to 3.7 per cent in April, and the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, has warned the world is ‘sleepwalking into a global food crisis’, with the Middle East war throttling supply chains.”
