Packaging tax driving food inflation and worse to come, says Bank of England

By Ian Quinn2025-08-12T08:45:00

In its Monetary Policy Report for August, the bank says the introduction of EPR is one of the reasons UK food inflation is outstripping that seen in the EU

The introduction of the government’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) packaging tax has already begun contributing to rising food inflation, but the worst is yet to come, according to a new report by the Bank of England.

Packaging tax driving food inflation and worse to come, says Bank of England

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