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SNP pledges to cap bread and milk prices if it wins Scotland’s parliamentary elections
Politics•April 16, 2026 at 3:38 PMNational

SNP pledges to cap bread and milk prices if it wins Scotland’s parliamentary elections

By Libby Brooks and Severin Carrell•The Guardian - UK News

John Swinney unveils his party’s manifesto, saying cost of living is the ‘defining issue’ for voters on 7 MayThe SNP will cap supermarket prices for essential goods such as bread and milk if it retains power, John Swinney has pledged, after describing the cost of living as “the defining issue of this election”.With polls pointing to a fifth Holyrood term for the Scottish National party, its leader said he would use devolved public health powers to fix prices on 20 to 50 items such as bread, milk, cheese, eggs, rice and chicken because their rising cost was “impacting our nation’s nutrition”. Continue reading...

John Swinney unveils his party’s manifesto, saying cost of living is the ‘defining issue’ for voters on 7 May

The SNP will cap supermarket prices for essential goods such as bread and milk if it retains power, John Swinney has pledged, after describing the cost of living as “the defining issue of this election”.

With polls pointing to a fifth Holyrood term for the Scottish National party, its leader said he would use devolved public health powers to fix prices on 20 to 50 items such as bread, milk, cheese, eggs, rice and chicken because their rising cost was “impacting our nation’s nutrition”.

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