/ 10 October 2022

Food cost crisis: Is zero-rating the answer?

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Food prices are too high for some households to bear but more targeted relief might have a greater impact. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Food prices are too high for some households to bear but more targeted relief might have a greater impact

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