BBCNEWS The Context June 4, 2024 20:44:00
The flour that we use, it starts at £20, £21, and now it is £32.50. wow. the electricity bills as well, they have almost been trebled in a few months. another thing that is affecting this is the salaries as well. the minimum wage is growing year by year, and this year, i think it was 9% more. it is getting hard to keep our prices down. inflation in may remained stuck at 8.7% when it had been expected to fall, driven by still high food prices and airline tickets. underlying — or core — inflation, a measure of ongoing inflationary pressure, unexpectedly rose to its highest level in over t...