This article appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter.

We know that we are likely to feel this war in our pockets. There has already been plenty of coverage of what the US-Israel war on Iran has meant for oil and gas. Monday saw the biggest spike in Brent crude prices in six years, heating oil costs have surged savagely, and analysts have suggested the average annual household energy bill could jump by £160 when the next price cap is set in July.

Meanwhile experts have warned that we may see prices at the fuel pump rise as high as £2 per litre; holidays look set to soar because of jet fuel costs; and Donald Trump is telling the world that surging prices are “a very small price to pay... for USA, and World, Safety and Peace.” All of which comes with a sharp ouch of pain - albeit one that pales to insignificance compared with the horror for those living with the war.

But energy and transport are not the only household bills that look set to be hit. The war is coming for our supermarket shop too. Farmers face soaring fertiliser and fuel prices, which if the war is protracted, will undoubtedly be passed on to the consumer.

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