The VAT reduction on basic necessities that came into force last January is not having an impact on the shopping cart, as associations such as the OCU have already denounced. The latest data shows that Food prices rose by 15.4% in Januaryjust three tenths less than in December, a slowdown that United We Can consider insufficient and unsustainable for families.
This has been stated on their social networks Ione Belarrageneral secretary of the party and minister of Social Rights, after knowing the latest CPI figures, which show a decrease of two tenths in January, but which has risen to 5.9% in its interannual rate.
Food prices continue to rise and the VAT reduction has been insufficient. It is urgent to support families in their main expenses: housing and food.
It is necessary to fix prices to the basic basket, limit variable-rate mortgages and approve the housing law.
—Ione Belarra (@ionebelarra) February 15, 2023
A month ago, Unidas Podemos proposed a temporary price cap on basic foods, and now they are putting the proposal back on the table. As you may have learned The countrywith this measure the idea is discount the price of up to 20 basic products by 14.4%which would be, according to party calculations, the same percentage by which the CPI for food and non-alcoholic beverages has grown in the last year.
The way to make this extraordinary measure effective would be similar to that already applied to fuels, through a bonus that would be applied when paying at the checkoutreflecting on the purchase ticket the total amount discounted in products such as milk, oil, legumes, fruits and vegetables, eggs or bread.
For the Belarra party, this proposal is once again more necessary than ever to support families with lower rents who invest almost their entire budget in two expenses, food and housing, which is why it is also urgent to approve the housing law and limit variable-rate mortgages.
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