Hot dogs were 7p, bacon sandwiches 9p and a cup of tea just 2p.

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This week Asda and Tesco have both been cutting prices, with Asda promising not to charge more than 127.7p a litre.

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There are also price lists including tariffs in 1971, after decimalisation, when a pint of Worthington was 14p, a shandy was 7p, as was a cider.

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Solar power stations can currently earn 30.7p per kWh of electricity fed into the National Grid but, after subsidies are cut, new projects will earn a much lower rate.

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To their enormous credit west Germans voted to impose on themselves a 7p tax rise - a "solidarity" tax - not for one year but for more than a generation.

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"Boris has a clear choice - he can either cut council tax by 7p a week, or he can freeze it and use the money to keep our fire stations open, " he said.

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Royal Mail customers pay 28p for a first class stamp, 7p more than the price of a second class stamp, in the hope that the item will reach the recipient the next day.

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Mr Swinney also told MSPs the business rate poundage would remain in line with England, 40.7p with a 0.7p supplement for larger businesses, and would be the lowest national poundage ever set for Scotland.

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