Consumer Prices Index

(asked on 19th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessments his Department has made of the implications for its policies in the increase of consumer prices since June 2016.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 8th January 2018

Inflation is expected to fall over the coming year, but the government recognises that families are feeling a squeeze now.

The government is helping with the cost of living today by letting people keep more of what they earn, raising the National Living Wage, freezing duty on fuel and alcohol, and tackling housing costs.

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