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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Two of the most inflated costs are food and energy. Essentials that demand cannot be reduced beyond a certain point without people dying.

Food is a consequence of Brexit and the increasing cost of importing, energy is a consequence of all energy prices being artificially high due to the price of gas.

There are ways to fix both of those, but they aren't popular with Tories.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Core inflation strips out food and energy and is going up in the Uk and down pretty much everywhere else.