Labour is pushing major supermarkets to limit the price of everyday essentials in return for easing regulations, it emerged on Tuesday night.
The price of eggs, bread and milk would be voluntarily capped under the proposals in return for easing packaging policies and delaying rule changes around healthy food.
The Government has suggested to supermarkets that they reinvest any savings from scrapping regulations into freezing food prices.
Supermarkets are said to have reacted to the proposals with fury and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said it would ‘force retailers to sell goods at a loss’.
In Scotland, supermarkets recently condemned a similar plan by
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