From drought to energy bills, inflation to the NHS, Britain is falling apart at the seams
In 2010 the Tories came to power under the slogan “We can’t go on like this”. This is the situation…
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Inflation describes how much prices of goods and services are increasing (if they’re decreasing, this is known as deflation). In the UK the main measure of inflation is the Consumer Prices Index. The Office for National Statistics tracks the cost of living through the prices of items in a hypothetical “basket of goods” that includes everyday products and services. Here you can find all of our latest news, analysis and comment about inflation.
Higher inflation spells danger for the UK’s public services
An extra £8.3bn will now be needed to maintain current public service spending levels.
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The top 1 per cent are the only group whose pay has grown faster than inflation
Pay growth at the top has reached 11 per cent while the bottom tenth of earners have seen their wages…
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The real reason our zombie government isn’t taking action on the cost of living
Better to wait and make political capital out of rescuing people when they’re on the brink.
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The UK is going into recession, and even Liz Truss might not be able to save it
The power politicians and the Bank of England have to bring down inflation is sadly very limited.
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Liz Truss says that an economic recession “is not inevitable”
The Foreign Secretary has suggested that the fiscal downturn could be averted with her planned tax cuts.
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The Bank of England is recklessly driving the UK into a deep recession
Rate rises will do little to control inflation but they will dramatically increase the threat of mass unemployment.
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How UK house prices are soaring above wage growth
Since January 2019 house prices have risen by 25.6 per cent – twice as fast as wages.
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Senate Democrats offer sign of political life
After secret negotiations Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin have unveiled their Inflation Reduction Act.
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Why public sector pay rises are actually cuts
Higher inflation cancels out offers for nurses, doctors, teachers and dentists.
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Why your flights keep getting cancelled
Class conflict is back, but without the working class.
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The 2022 summer of strikes is about to get worse
Anger and frustration with the government are combining with inflation to create a new flashpoint for industrial action.
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Whoever the next prime minister is will inherit a nightmare
Britain is a place of healthcare limbo, staff shortages and scary prices. Whoever succeeds Boris Johnson will need to find…
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Russia’s threat to the global financial order is also our chance to build a new one
Is the international economic system unravelling, or is this a moment of transformation?
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Why the UK is in a race to outrun persistent inflation
Those enjoying strawberries and cream beneath their plastic ponchos at Wimbledon this year may be unaware that they are taking…
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Even as a young Tory, I feel like this government is out to get me
If young people can’t put down roots or accumulate capital, they can’t experience the fundamental aspects of life that make…
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“We don’t want to see NHS strikes”: Wes Streeting and Rachel Reeves on Labour in an age of inflation
The shadow chancellor and shadow health secretary open up about the opposition’s plan for the economy.
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Biden’s cure for inflation shouldn’t be harsher than the disease
With US inflation at its highest level since 1981, the short-term electoral future of the Democrats relies on the president…
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This could be the labour movement’s summer of glory
We should expect more trade union strikes, and the possibility of a break with our dysfunctional economic order.
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Stop telling people not to ask for a pay increase
Ministers are breezily talking about removing the cap on bankers’ bonuses. Restraint for thee; bonanza for me.
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