Cost of Living: Inflation
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on household living costs.
Answered by Torsten Bell
Headline inflation decreased from 3.3% in March to 2.8% in April, driven mainly by lower household energy bills and a fall in services inflation. Food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation fell from 3.7% in March to 3.0% in April.
The Government has already taken action to reduce the cost of living, including taking £150 off energy bills this year, freezing rail fares and NHS prescription charges, raising the National Living Wage, and extending the £3 bus cap.
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