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[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago (9 children)

This is an improvement, obviously, but 4.6% is still quite high, it's not thanks to the Tories that it's fallen and it's only retreating from a record high that was largely caused by the Tories.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

TBF soaring energy prices are one of the main contributors to inflation. Not that much the tories can do about that.

Europe is in a proxy war with Russia. It's unreasonable to expect that to have no consequences.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's higher than elsewhere because of the Truss mini-budget and Brexit.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I googled. It's currently lower than the EU average.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

Fair enough, thank you for the correction. It was higher than elsewhere because of the Truss mini-budget and Brexit and still is higher than it otherwise would've been without those factors.

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