The whisper that the government was considering price caps on food, now the biggest driver of inflation, has produced the inevitable backlash.Out scuttled mini-me Thatcherites and big business PRs waving shrouds.Ministers admitted only to looking into the idea of voluntary controls.But the last 15 years have shown that state intervention is considered economic heresy until it becomes politically necessary.
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