Brexit has added an average £210 to household food bills in the last two years, new research suggests
The increase in food costs has been driven by extra checks and requirements on goods - representing an "important impediment" to trade with the bloc, with much of the cost passed on to consumers, according to the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.
Read more: Dad-of-two jailed for running burglars off the road 'blown away' after strangers, and Corrie star, raise £127,000 It appears either EU exporters or UK importers, or both, are facing higher costs as a result of these new barriers, the CEP said, with between 50% and 88% of this burden passed on to consumers.
"In leaving the EU, the UK swapped a deep trade relationship with few impediments to trade for one where a wide range of checks, forms and steps are required before goods can cross the border.
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