Inflation

Get easy-to-understand fact checks, expert commentary, and simple analysis on inflation, rising prices, and what they mean for you.

18 June 2025

Did inflation drop last month? Well, it’s complicated…

New figures show inflation in May was 3.4%—but an error with the figures for April has resulted in a few conflicting news reports this morning.

30 May 2025

School standards minister confuses interest rates and inflation in Sky News interview

Catherine McKinnell MP claimed “we’ve seen inflation coming down”, but her department has since told us she meant to refer to interest rates.

School standards minister Catherine McKinnell MP, Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne North

13 June 2024

Would Conservative spending commitments mean a £4,800 increase in the average mortgage?

Labour’s claim about the impact of Conservative spending plans is speculative and based on several uncertain assumptions.

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4 June 2024

Conservative political broadcast claims on tax and mortgages need context

The party’s first broadcast of the 2024 general election made broad claims about people’s finances.

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5 October 2022

Liz Truss’s 2022 Conservative party conference speech: fact checked

We check five key claims from Ms Truss’s speech, including on tax, GP access and whether she was the first PM to attend a comprehensive school.

5 January 2022

Boris Johnson did say inflation fears had been ‘unfounded’

The Prime Minister denied ever making the comment during the first PMQs of the year.

23 August 2018

RPI explained: how the government’s choice of inflation measure can make you better or worse off

We explain what RPI and CPI are, and how government choices about which measure of inflation to use can have a very real impact on consumer prices and benefit recipients.

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Inflation

Did inflation drop last month? Well, it’s complicated…

School standards minister confuses interest rates and inflation in Sky News interview

Would Conservative spending commitments mean a £4,800 increase in the average mortgage?

Conservative political broadcast claims on tax and mortgages need context

Liz Truss’s 2022 Conservative party conference speech: fact checked

Boris Johnson did say inflation fears had been ‘unfounded’

RPI explained: how the government’s choice of inflation measure can make you better or worse off

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