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Pasta price in UK doubles as costs of basics rises – BBC News
The price of pasta in the UK has nearly doubled in two years, new research for the BBC suggests. A standard 500g bag of pasta was 50p two years ago – now it’s 95p. The BBC has been tracking the cost of a small basket of 15 everyday essentials, from oven chips and strawberry jam to pasta sauce and potatoes. The total has gone up…