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Scottish Government Plans Food Price Caps, Farmers Warn Costs

9/8/2026

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The Scottish government plans to impose price caps on selected essential food items.
Farmer Jamie Wyllie, a National Union of Farmers officer, warns the caps could raise farm costs and squeeze thin margins.
Ministers say large supermarket chains will absorb the financial impact of the caps.
Twenty-three organisations have written to the First Minister urging him to abandon the policy.

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The Scottish government plans to impose price caps on selected essential food items.
Farmer Jamie Wyllie, a National Union of Farmers officer, warns the caps could raise farm costs and squeeze thin margins.
Ministers say large supermarket chains will absorb the financial impact of the caps.
Twenty-three organisations have written to the First Minister urging him to abandon the policy.