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Uk inflation hit 3.2% last month — up from 2% injuly. thats the largest increase in the rate of inflation since the consumer price index was introduced, nearly a quarter of a century ago. transport, food, eating out, and recreation all pushed up the cost of living. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has been taking a look at the figures. a pallet of cooking oil at a record price, just one of the many basic supplies that have shot up, as the global economys reopened post—pandemic, trig...

Hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the prime minister borisjohnson is carrying out his first cabinet reshuffle since the general election. dominic raab is demoted from his role as foreign secretary, he becomesjustice secretary, lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. mr raab is replaced as foreign secretary by liz truss, a promotion from her previous role as trade secretary. earlier, gavin williamson was sacked as education secretary while robert buckland and robertjenrick lost their pos...

The former health minister nadine dorries becomes the newest culture secretary. a very busy day in downing street. —— in the latest appointment. much more on all the changes in the next hour. in our other news: a record jump in inflation to 3.2%, the highest level in almost a decade, as the price of food and transportation goes up. government scientific advisers warn there could be a surge in the number of people needing hospital treatment in england for covid. ministers say theyre working t...

Like professionals, they need to have a decent living wage, which is what we have started to do, and that will have a knock—on effect as to how profitable our business is, and while we are happy to take a slice of the pie, our slice, and give it away, and share it with our staff, at some point some of that pie is going to have to come from the customer as well. overall, consumer prices were up by 3.2%. stripping out the effect of eat out to help out, it was 2.8%. the biggest single factor was ...

Jump country. —— borisjohnson. rebecca jump in inflation to 3.2%, the highest level and almost a decade. the price and food of transportation helped that rise. after two years in a syrian refugee camp, shimmy my bag and pulled out the uk as a teenage tojoin the islamic and pulled out the uk as a teenage to join the islamic staker begs to be allowed to return home. relatives of the four men who died in a mining disaster in the swansea valley ten years ago are pressing for a full inquest into ...

Also this morning... figures released this morning show the rate at which prices are rising in the uk jumped to 3.2% last month. labour is leading a commons debate later on whether to keep the £20 a week uplift to universal credit — its currently due to be scrapped in october. duelling missile tests by south and north korea — pyongyang carries out its second set of missile tests in days, and seoulfires its own in response. an internal leak reveals that facebook was aware of instagrams harmf...

Are calling for a full inquest into their deaths. they were killed when water flooded the gleision drift mine in september 2011. the mines manager and owners were cleared of manslaughter charges three years later. the two surviving miners say the tragedy had been "swept under the carpet". the health and safety executive said it would be inappropriate to comment on details of the investigation. the headlines on bbc news. government scientists say there could be a largejump in covid hospital admis...

This number of 3.2% for all this means the cost of everyday items has increased by 3.2%, compared to last year. the way we measure it here in the uk is something called the office for national statistics, they put together a basket of goods and they might take the price increases of those goods. and they change that basket every year to better reflect the sorts of things that we are all buying. so this year was the first time it included things like hand sanitiser, smartwatches, exercise equipme...

It is. inflation is calculated by comparing costs _ it is. inflation is calculated by comparing costs for - it is. inflation is calculated by comparing costs for goods i it is. inflation is calculated by| comparing costs for goods and services that the average british person buys over time. todays figure of 3.2% means the cost is 3.2% higherfor the same figure of 3.2% means the cost is 3.2% higher for the same goods and services compared to a year ago. the bank of england dotted at some inflatio...

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