The cheapest pasta has become 60 percent more expensive, tea 46 percent and bread 38 percent, the British statistics agency ONS said on Tuesday. On average, prices for 30 staple foods rose by 17 percent, slightly more than food inflation over the period of 15 percent.
The recent surge in consumer prices has been driven by rising energy prices, national statistician Ian Diamond said. That would now affect other important things, such as staple foods.
However, for four of the products under investigation, prices decreased. For example, 9 percent less had to be paid for the cheapest fruit juice than in September 2021 and 7 percent less for ground beef.
Inflation in the UK was 10.1 percent, the highest in 40 years. In many other countries, including Germany, consumer prices have risen sharply recently, mainly as a result of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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