The English breakfast is under threat as under Labour the price of bacon, sausages and eggs are all going up in price.
Those who like their local greasy spoon will now be paying a lot more for their favourite breakfast and a Tory MP has warned Labour will not be forgiven.
The Conservative Party is calling for business rates to be scrapped to help thousands of high street businesses to help the high street and the hospitality sector.
Conservative MP Mark Pritchard said, “Cafes play an important part on the high street, bringing people in.
“Under this Government, mushrooms are up, bacon is up, eggs are up, sausages are up, bread is up, tea is up, milk is up, and therein is a threat to the full English breakfast.
“And there are many things that this Government might be forgiven for, but taking away the full English breakfast from the high street is not one of them.”
Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith told MPs in the House of Commons, “We understand that businesses take risks, create wealth and employ millions.
That’s why we introduced business rates relief before this Labour Government cut it, and it is why we will introduce a 100% rates relief for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses, taking 250,000 high street premises out of business rates entirely.”
Griffith added, “I enjoy a full English as much as I suspect my colleague does. And it’s not just breakfast – it’s lunch, it’s supper, it’s tea, it’s dinner, and it’s the great British pub.
“All of whom are under threat.”
Communities minister Miatta Fahnbulleh said ministers “absolutely understand the pressure that businesses are under”.
“That pressure did not happen overnight, they are the consequence of 14 years where we have not seen productivity growth. They are the consequence of 14 years where the economy hasn’t grown.
“Now we understand the economic reality, and we are taking action to respond to that economic reality.”
Liberal Democrat MP Lisa Smart (Hazel Grove) said: “Recent research by the British Retail Consortium and UK Hospitality has shown that 120,000 high street jobs are potentially at risk as a result of proposed changes to business rates next April.
“Could the Chancellor and ministers confirm that the forthcoming Budget will support my 250 local retail businesses through a meaningful reduction in rates and ensure that no shop pays more?”
