 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Face facts - cheap food era has ended ; Couple of weeks ago Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the BBC that by ending the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), food prices could be brought under control. A week later he met supermarket chief executives, the National Farmers' Union's president and the British Retail Consortium to discuss, yes, food prices.
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Couple of weeks ago Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, told the BBC that by ending the Common Agricultural
Policy (CAP), food prices could be brought under control. A week
later he met supermarket chief executives, the National Farmers'
Union's president and the British Retail Consortium to discuss, yes,
food prices.
The Downing Street summit was held under Chatham House rules, so
there were no formal announcements afterwards. Let us hope this was
a meeting when a few...
