HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - Caught on Camera

Food price inflation in UK falls for fifth month in a row

Reduction is second sharp drop in a row as milk and sunflower oil get price cuts while eggs, sweets and chips increase again

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2023

UK basic wage growth hits record high; Russia’s central bank lifts rates to 12% – as it happened

UK regular pay growth highest since 2001 while unemployment rate rises unexpectedly; rouble recovers afters Bank of Russia raises rates at extraordinary meeting

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2023

FTSE 100 Live: ‘Little doubt interest rates rise again’ after record pay growth, unemployment up to 4.2%

The UK unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in June, it was revealed today, despite expectations that it would remain at 4%.

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2023

Ping your heart out: how the UK fell back in love with the microwave

Sales up as people try to save money on energy bills and top chefs extol ease and virtues of microwave cooking

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2023

Irish consumers spend additional €2.9m on beer and lager during hot weather, experts reveal

Findings from Kantar, which is an insights and consulting company, said punters also forked an extra €1.9 million on chilled burgers and grills while €1.2 million was spent on fresh sausages.

Irish Mirror · Jun 27, 2023

Households are cooking simpler meals to cut bills

Research found an increase in microwave meals being cooked amid high grocery costs

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2023

Fewer ingredients, simpler meals, more microwaves: Sky-high food prices are changing how people eat and cook

Supermarket inflation has fallen to the lowest rate this year, but household budgets are still under enormous pressure

Manchester Evening News · Jun 20, 2023

Grocery price inflation falls to lowest monthly rate this year - but still remains high

Inflation dropped to 16.5% for the four weeks to June 11, according to Kantar - this is down from 17.2% the previous month and a further decline from the record 17.5% recorded in March

Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2023

Inflation forces supermarkets to up £1 items to £1.25, data shows

Kantar survey is released day before official figures expected to show a slight easing in UK inflation rate

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023

Hunt rules out mortgage support or food price caps; Mortgage ticking time bomb is ‘now exploding’ – as it happened

Jeremy Hunt faces calls to introduce mortgage interest tax relielf from Conservative MPs at Treasury Questions, and rules out price caps on food

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023