Food, fuel and rail tickets costs: can government help?

Name: Food, fuel and rail tickets costs: can government help?
Uploaded: 2012-09-10T10:17:06.000Z
Duration: 2 min 53 s
Description: Food, fuel and rail fares squeeze many household budgets, and many governments claim they do all they can to keep costs down, but the public rarely believe this or give them any credit.

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Food, fuel and rail fares squeeze many household budgets, and many governments claim they do all they can to keep costs down, but the public rarely believe this or give them any credit.

David Thompson tried to find out what, if anything, a government really can do anything about rising prices. He spoke to former trade minister Lord (Digby) Jones, and Simon Kirby of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

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UK Politics

10 September 2012