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Will unexpected inflation spike intensify squeeze on families?
There was a nasty surprise in today’s inflation figures – the rate went up when it was widely expected to fall.
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UK wages rise faster than expected – but don’t keep up with inflation
The British economy suffered the same malaise as the rest of the industrialised world during the pandemic.
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Will inflation fall after another interest rate hike?
The Bank of England has hiked interest rates to 4% – a 14-year high. Will it have an impact on UK inflation?
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Wage growth still not keeping track with inflation
Wages have grown at the fastest rate in more than twenty years, but are still failing to keep place with inflation, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics which also showed unemployment creeping up slightly.
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Food inflation hits highest level since records began
Food inflation has hit its highest level since records began seventeen years ago, with the price of the average shop 13.3% higher this December than it was the year before, according to the British Retail Consortium.
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Inflation eases to 10.7%, but has cost of living squeeze peaked?
There’s been a larger than expected drop in the rate of inflation, raising hopes that the relentless squeeze on people’s living standards has at last peaked.
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Lowering inflation ‘number one priority’, says Chancellor
We spoke to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt and began by asking him about the strikes.
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Inflation crisis debate: What can be done to fix the economy?
Are austerity and tax rises the only option or a political choice that could be avoided?
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Is this the peak of inflation or will things get worse in the economic crisis?
The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, blamed high inflation on the war in Ukraine and the aftermath of the pandemic.
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UK inflation hits 45-year high – as cost of living soars
The cost of basic food items from eggs to milk and cheese is soaring and, on top of rapidly rising energy bills, it’s sent the UK’s annual inflation rate above 11%.
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Thousands of businesses enter insolvency as inflation rises
Latest figures from the Insolvency Service show that nearly 6,000 companies entered insolvency between July and the end of September this year.
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Cost of living crisis explained: Food prices push UK inflation to 40-year high
With inflation still rising and economic policy switching back towards austerity, where does this leave our economy?
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Inflation hits 10.1% with food prices rising at fastest rate for more than 40 years
Soaring inflation figures fuelled by the price of food has piled even more worries onto people struggling with the cost of living crisis.
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Raising benefits in line with inflation ‘needs to be done,’ says former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith
One of the senior Tories calling for benefits to be uprated in line with inflation is the party’s former leader Iain Duncan Smith.
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22 million people could be affected, as PM won’t commit to raising benefits in line with inflation
The Prime Minister has refused to commit to raising benefits in line with inflation, despite growing pressure from senior Tory MPs – including a former party leader and a member of her own cabinet.