Katy and Vince Cable MP, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats visited the Byres Rd Somerfield store in Glasgow North this weekend to highlight the ways people are coping with the rising cost of living.

They spoke with local shoppers on their changing habits due to the rising cost of living.

Commenting on the Mintel report showing anxious shoppers are switching to cheaper brands, Vince said:

“This is yet further evidence that the massive personal debt and spiralling food and fuel prices are now hitting people’s pockets. People and businesses are now paying the price for an economy which Gordon Brown allowed to get dangerously out of control.”

“The credit crunch and soaring consumer prices are clearly having a massive impact on people across the country.

This again shows just how desparately needed is the package of tax cuts for ordinary people proposed by the Liberal Democrats.

Katy added:

“Talking to shoppers today confirms what local residents have told me time and again over the past year. They are really worried about the cost of living and tax. One constituent in Maryhill told me her biggest fear was not being able to feed her family and pay all the household bills.”