The Papers: ‘Tough times’ and ‘crime rise fears’ over inflation
Many of Thursday’s papers analyse how soaring inflation will affect people’s lives in the UK. …
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“The great inflation swindle” is the Daily Mirror’s headline. It says experts have warned that the poorest households are bearing the brunt of “rocketing” inflation. While inflation “soared” overall by 9%, the figure was 10.9% for the “hard-up”, as their living costs have risen faster than anyone else’s, it reports. That figure is 7.9% for the wealthy, the paper says, quoting analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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