Should rich companies help more? The cost of food and energy is going up around the world. Many are finding life very hard. Now, some are arguing about who should help.
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World leaders worry as prices rise again
Should rich companies help more? The cost of food and energy is going up around the world. Many are finding life very hard. Now, some are arguing about who should help.
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What's happening?
At a supermarket in London, a shopkeeper is scribbling out old price tags. Sliced bread used to cost 99 pence. Now it costs £1.06.
It is not just in London. All around the world, prices are rising. Some people are finding it hard to buy the food they need to eat. Others are finding it hard to pay to heat their homes.
World leaders are worried. They call this the cost of livingThe money that someone needs to afford basic food, housing and clothes. crisis. It means that the prices people pay to eat and live have gone up.
Some companies are finding it hard to stay open too. But others are still making lots of money. Some think they can do more to bring prices down.
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Should rich companies help more?
Yes! Rich companies have the money to help people who are finding it hard to pay for things today. They should and they must help.
No! Rich companies cannot help everyone. It is leaders of countries like Britain that must work to bring prices down.
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Cost of living - The money that someone needs to afford basic food, housing and clothes.
World leaders worry as prices rise again
Soaring: The price of goods such as milk and cheese is rising faster than at any point in the last 14 years. Glossary
Cost of living - The money that someone needs to afford basic food, housing and clothes.