UK inflation unexpectedly stays at 2.8% with higher transport costs offset by slower food price rises – business live - short news
Food prices rose at the slowest rate since December 2024 with declines in inflation for meat, cheese, vegetables and cheese
Meat (particularly beef and cooked ham), dairy (particularly cheese), vegetables, and fish became cheaper, while oils and fats went up in price.
Grant Fitner, chief economist at the ONS, said:
Inflation held steady in May as various price movements offset each other. The main upward movement came from transport, with air fares, vehicle taxes and..
source: The Guardian - 17.06.2026