BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 06:04:00
Has been rapidly becoming more expensive, contributing to the cost—of—living crisis, which has pushed so many to the brink. but it's slowing down. in february, prices were 10.4% up on the previous year. cheaper petrol will help to bring the march figure down. and if gas and electricity bills fall in coming months as expected, that will help to bring inflation down towards the target level of 2%. good news up to a point. doesn't mean that the cost of the goods and the services that you're buying in the shops has come down, itjust means that they're going up a bit less rapidly. those energy ...