May 21, 2025
Inflation reaches 3.5% as Angela Rayner comes under pressure to leak note
UK inflation increased to 3.5% in April, the highest rate of more than a year, led by sharp increases in gas, electricity, water, transport costs and increased employer national insurance and minimum wage pressure. The National Statistics Office (OMS) revealed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped more than expected, exceeding 3.3% of city economists and 3.4% of the Bank of England. This follows inflation to 2.6% in March. The guardian, who mentioned the story for the first time, in particular that the growing household accounts were called “terrible April”, pushed energy prices after sharply falling a year earlier due



