Warning that food price inflation rise is impacting low income families

18th September 2025 Consumer Collections | #inflation

Headline CPI inflation held steady at 3.8 per cent in August, ending a run of disappointing increases, as a downward contribution from air fares was offset by increases in hospitality and petrol. There were encouraging signs for policy makers under the bonnet as the closely watched core inflation fell from 3.8 per cent in July…

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Parents paying £18.73 a month for each child’s phone

More than a quarter (27%) of parents have bought their children a mobile phone by the time they turn nine years old (before they enter Year 5 at school) according to Compare the Market. A fifth (21%) of parents said their child was between nine and ten years old when they gave them their first…

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