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Mr Kipling owner hikes cost of cakes amid cost of living crisis as inflation soars

The owner of cake brand Mr Kipling has warned that it will have to put up prices for shoppers, with brands Oxo, Sharwoods and Ambrosia also affected by the move

Daily Mirror

Pensioners set for £1,000 pay rise if triple-lock returns as inflation rockets

Inflation is set to hit 10.25 per cent by the end of the year, leaving people across the country struggling to buy common goods. With the planned re-introduction of the state pension triple-lock tied to inflation, this would also mean the biggest-ever pay rise for pensioners.

Daily Mirror

With inflation now at a 40-year high, what can households expect next?

Britons are now being hit with price rises across most essentials such as energy, fuel, food and clothing, and more cost pain is on the horizon.

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The Standard View: Ministers must tackle inflation urgently

That it was predicted makes it no less painful. Inflation has hit a 40-year high, driven largely by soaring fuel costs. And prices are set to rise further still. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show inflation reached nine per cent in April, its highest level since 1982. The…

Evening Standard

UK house prices rise by £24,000 in a year with Wales seeing the biggest spike

And there's a new county hot spot where price increases have been the highest and another record breaking national average

Wales Online

Independent food banks ‘desperately worried’ following ‘alarming’ inflation rise

Providers are supporting growing cohort of first-time food bank users, people struggling while in work, and an increasing number of children.

The Independent UK

‘Devastating’: Households suffer biggest real pay cut since 2001

Australian households are suffering the worst cost-of-living squeeze in more than two decades, with real wages falling at the fastest pace since 2001.

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Keir Starmer taunts Boris Johnson that he ‘can’t make his mind up’ on windfall tax, as he ducks pleas to act

Prime minister says he is against rising taxes – but then agrees to look at ‘all sensible measures‘

The Independent UK

Hassan Mohamud: The second coming of Somalia’s new president

The new president will have to tackle insecurity, rising inflation, severe drought – and reunite a fractured government

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Three TV channels and shops shut on Sundays - life in 1982 when the cost of living was last as high as it is now

Margaret Thatcher was PM and unemployment stood at 10.4%

Wales Online

London house prices rise but ‘frightening level of inflation’ and cost of living crisis likely to dampen market

The average price of a house in London is now £523,666, after prices rose by 4.8 per cent in the year to March

Evening Standard

Inflation hits 9%: How does it impact your finances?

Around nine in 10 (87 per cent) of adults in Britain have reported their cost of living increased in March alone

The Independent UK

London politics latest: Boris Johnson accused of having ‘head in sand’ on cost of living as pressure grows for windfall tax

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged the Prime Minister to stop the “hokey-cokey” and back Labour’s plan to bring in a windfall tax on energy firms at PMQs.

Evening Standard

Brits warned of 'relentless' food price increases for meat and milk

Latest figures show how much more you're spending on food and outside the home

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Soaring UK inflation makes action from Rishi Sunak a question of when, not if

Analysis: Chancellor has sought to deflect criticism by citing global factors but has hinted about support

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak warns next months of cost of living crisis ‘will be tough’

Pressure on chancellor to act as inflation hits a 40-year high with soaring energy bills pushing Consumer Prices Index to nine per cent in April

Daily Mirror

School lunch portions may SHRINK with cheaper ingredients used to counter food costs

Andrew Selley, chief executive of Bidfood, said schools might have to use cheaper ingredients in a bid to counter rapidly rising food prices - or raise cost of dinners

Evening Standard

Pubs wary of increasing prices as inflation squeezes profits

‘We are having to take a lot of these costs on the chin which affects our bottom line,’ said City Pub Group chair Clive Watson

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The Independent UK

House prices hit new record but growth expected to slow

The rate of growth will slow by the end of 2022, Halifax said.

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REDIRECTED Will rising interest rates cause UK house prices to fall?

Many experts are predicting a slowdown in price growth later this year, explains Ben Chapman

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‘No time to lose’ to help those struggling with surging living costs

StepChange Debt Charity said the surging cost of living is among the most common reasons people with financial struggles give for their debts.

The Independent UK

Eastbourne council becomes first council to declare ‘cost of living emergency’

Exclusive: Lib Dem-run authority will pass motion to give Tory government ‘wake-up call’ and help local charities

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak under pressure as inflation hits 9% sending fuel and food prices soaring

Labour is tabling an amendment calling for an emergency budget to help households cope with rising food and fuel costs.

Reuters

More pain in Sri Lanka before any resolution to crisis

Sri Lanka's central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said on Thursday, as the prime minister said supplies had been locked in for at least a month.

The Conversation

Proof positive. Real wages are shrinking, Wednesday's figures put it beyond doubt

Every three months the Bureau of Statistics releases the lesser-known cousin of the consumer price index. It’s called the Wage Price Index (WPI) and it records changes in the overall level of wages, in the same way the price index records changes in the overall level of consumer prices.

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