Shoppers report rising food shortages; growers warn UK leek supplies may run out – as it happened

Proportion of people experiencing shortages of food items has risen over the last year, ONS says

Salad shortage in the UK? Try growing your own for fun and flavour

This time of scarcity is the ideal chance to become a seasoned home grower of tasty leafy veg and herbs

Thérèse Coffey’s championing of UK ‘specialisms’ causes one Labour MP to retort: ‘Let them eat turnips!’

Thérèse Coffey, Defra secretary of state, has predicted that the UK’s fruit and vegetable shortages could last up to four weeks

Thérèse Coffey advises consumers to opt for turnips as tomato and cucumber supplies dwindle

Once-popular engineering toy, in decline since the 1950s, will still be manufactured by partner companies

Weather in Europe cuts imports with limits imposed on UK shoppers for tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers

Three big retailers are placing limits on shoppers on some produce lines. What is behind the rationing?

Warning comes as supermarkets ration sales of produce owing to dry conditions elsewhere in Europe

Shortages caused by bad weather in southern Europe will be compounded by big fall in salad production in UK

Supermarkets say they are working with farmers to ensure wide range of produce is available

Supermarket’s third pay increase in a year puts it slightly ahead of Aldi and Sainsbury’s

Majority of job losses are at large retailers such as Tesco and Asda, according to Centre for Retail Research

Artificial intelligence has implication across the board, solving problems and raising others

Unite union calls for a windfall tax on big banks’ excess profits generated by interest rate rises