UK Inflation

UK inflation held at 3.8% in September as core eased to 3.5%, gilt yields fell, and attention turned to Rachel Reeves's 26 November Budget and the fiscal trade-offs ahead.

David Unyime Nkanta Oct 22, 2025

From 2026, only English universities that meet the government's new "tough" quality standards on teaching and student outcomes will be allowed to raise tuition fees annually in line with inflation.

Evan Michael Clerigo Oct 21, 2025

Families continue to struggle to put food on the table as rising food and energy costs push inflation to 3.6%.

Emma Clark Jul 16, 2025

A California jury awarded $50 million to a Starbucks customer burned by hot coffee, but UK laws would make a similar payout nearly impossible—here's why.

Andrea Tode Jimenez Mar 17, 2025

UK shoppers are outraged over Herbal Essences reducing the size of their bottles from 400ml to 275ml while maintaining the £2 price, fuelling widespread criticism of shrinkflation practices.

Andrea Tode Jimenez Oct 10, 2024

The recent data showed that drivers have seen their car insurance increase by 58 per cent, on average, compared to this time last year.

Danielle Summer Jan 30, 2024

With some companies closing to prioritise expansion elsewhere and others shutting their stores due to bankruptcy, the UK can expect to see a mass increase of empty store-fronts.

Danielle Summer Jan 24, 2024

Jeremy Hunt says that wages will go up as prices go down next year after it was announced that the rate of inflation has decreased to 3.9 per cent.

Danielle Summer Dec 21, 2023

In September, inflation stood at 6.7 per cent, as many people across the UK continue to struggle with the cost-of-living crisis.

Callum Conway-Shaw Nov 15, 2023

Whilst Whitehall says the slight drop in inflation month-on-month means its policies are working, the UK still has one of the highest inflation rates in the G20.

Mehar Sultan Sep 21, 2023

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Aug 15, 2023

Inflation in the UK fell to 7.9 per cent in June 2023 from 8.7 per cent in May, marking the lowest rate since March 2022, as reported by the Office for National Statistics.

Adewunmi Adedayo Jul 20, 2023

According to price analysis by Bitget on the British pound and Bitcoin, the UK's growing inflation is giving rise to devaluing the nation's currency.

Homera Hassan Jul 07, 2023

Apart from global factors, UK policy decisions have exacerbated inflation – whether post-pandemic public spending or the slow pace of interest rate hikes.

Mehar Sultan Jun 23, 2023

Climate and economic experts are pointing out that the systemic global and local problems behind sticky food inflation need more than just monetary approaches.

Mehar Sultan Jun 22, 2023

The hospitality sector in the UK is facing a significant financial crisis, with a staggering 70 per cent of businesses announcing plans to increase their prices in the coming year.

Jastine Beatrice Yap Jun 07, 2023

As UK CPI figures show a slight ease in inflation, businesses in the hospitality industry face a tough year ahead with food prices persistently high.

Jake Pike Apr 25, 2023

Adding to the recent wave of strike action across the UK in recent months, traffic wardens are set to strike during the King's coronation unless a pay dispute can be settled in time.

Jake Pike Apr 20, 2023

A recent report displays extreme vetting procedures from landlords and letting agents, with the rules and regulations established on the amount of information allowed to be used by a landlord referred to as "very opaque".

Loanne Secula Apr 13, 2023

The recently released Oracle NetSuite study foreshadows optimistic growth for UK entrepreneurs and foreshadows a glimpse of hope for economic development.

Loanne Secula Feb 08, 2023

A number of people living in the UK have moved towards smaller towns or places with higher perks and salaries.

Loanne Secula Feb 07, 2023

Businesses in the UK are reinventing the way they run their organizations as industry dynamics change due to unprecedented inflation in the UK.

Adewunmi Adedayo Jan 09, 2023

Tory MP Lee Anderson has come under fire for insensitive comments made in the House of Commons wherein he said that poor people use food banks because they "cannot cook properly" and "cannot budget."

Sadhna Yadav May 13, 2022

Senior economist Boris Glass said the U.K. economy has foregone economic activity of £6.6 billion in each of the 10 quarters since the 2016 referendum.

Pronita Naidu Apr 04, 2019

Retail sales climb 1.1% month-on-month in November as sales of household goods jump 2.9% thanks to Black Friday sales.

Dan Cancian Dec 14, 2017

Number of people in work records a second month of decline and the largest drop since the quarter between March and May 2015.

Dan Cancian Dec 13, 2017

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney to write a letter to the Chancellor explaining why price growth is so far above the BoE's 2% target.

Dan Cancian Dec 12, 2017

The BRC said retail sales rose 0.6% compared to a year earlier in November, following a 1% decline in October.

Karthick Arvinth Dec 05, 2017

UK retail sales fall 0.3% year-on-year in October, recording the first decline since 2013 as weakness lingers on.

Dan Cancian Nov 16, 2017

Concerns labour market might be cooling down after number of people in work records biggest drop since June 2015.

Dan Cancian Nov 15, 2017