Inflation: Sports bras in, doughnuts out of cost of living measure
Pet collars and frozen Yorkshire puddings are other goods now used to measure changes in the cost of living. …
The ONS has confirmed it will make some changes to its calculation to address that. From 2024, it will use a far wider range of prices from supermarket tills, which should make it easier to work out if certain brands of pasta or beans, for example, are rising faster than others, after campaigning by food blogger and activist Jack Monroe.
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