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Higher Supermarket Prices - Who Pays for Brexit?

Favourite household brands such as Marmite, Comfort, Dove and Flora could be increasing in price because of Brexit I'm really not going to get too much into Brexit this article, as I went into reasonable detail on my post yesterday, which you can check out on my blog. However, naturally this topic requires a little background information on Brexit to give some contextual knowledge. Brexit, otherwise known as British Exit, is the result of the British referendum on whether to leave the EU or not, back in July. Coming as a shock to quite a lot of people, the British people decided to leave the EU with a majority of 51.9% voting in favour of leave. Naturally, this has taken a toll on the value and strength of the pound, making it more expensive for foreign companies to import goods into the UK.  One of the biggest questions surrounding our split from the EU:  Who is going to pay for Brexit? This question is really at the heart of this story. According to Wikipedia,...