16 shopping items rising in price due to inflation - full list of changes
New data has shown details about some of the shopping items rising in price due to inflation - and just how much they have gone up. While the UK’s headline rate of inflation was unchanged in August, this masked a jump in prices for a range of everyday groceries, including cheese, fish and fruit juices, together with a rise in the cost of petrol.
A steep fall in the price of air travel helped offset these increases, together with an easing of inflation on a handful of goods, meaning the overall rate remained at 3.8% for the second month in a row. Average food prices across the UK were 4.8% higher in August than a year earlier, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This is the highest rate