BBCNEWS The Context with Christian Fraser June 4, 2024 20:14:00
Months tojune. it is rising exponentially. and it is staple foods. milk up 26% on last year, butter up 21%, spring water and flour up by almost a fifth. and then of course there's petrol — the war in ukraine has pushed the average price of a litre of unleaded to £1.84 a litre. that's up almost 60p on last year. so with the prices rising at record rates, do we really have seven weeks to spare for the conservative members to decide who they want? here's money saving expert martin lewis. by the time a new prime minister is in post on september 5, a couple of weeks before, we will have had an a...