FAMILIES looking to celebrate with chocolate and confectionary will be feeling the pinch this festive period – after SPICe analysis revealed the price of sweet treats has risen since the Brexit vote.
Research requested by the SNP showed since Brexit in June 2016 the price of chocolate has risen by 2.5 per cent, while the price of other confectionary products has risen by 4.1 per cent.
The news means chocolate coins are becoming as valuable as the real thing this festive season, with the pound continuing to struggle because of reckless Tory Brexit plans.
SNP MSP Bill Kidd said: “Ever since the advent of Brexit, it has been one bombshell after another for families. Inflation has gone through the roof as the value of Sterling has gone through the floor — all the while wages remain stagnant as the Tories’ extreme Brexit risks our economic prospects.
“The only money that is going up in value under the Tories is made of chocolate!”
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