UK's Jeremy Hunt meets with food firms as British inflation roars

Meanwhile, the British will grow faster than Germany this year and avoid a recession, the International Monetary Fund

British chancellor Jeremy Hunt said: “High food prices are proving stubborn so we need to understand what’s driving that.”

British chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt is meeting with food manufacturers to raise concerns about high food prices and discuss ways to ease the pressure on UK households.

Britain’s finance minister also met with the British regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, to discuss the watchdog’s probes into the fuel and grocery markets.