[Margaret Pilkington]

The Office of National Statistics is responsible for publishing these figures.......and despite the fact that they report inflation has fallen, it is, in the main, due to the way these statistics are calculated(which means the figures are manipulated....massaged, unrealistic)
and they are still double what the Bank of England wants the country to achieve.(2%)

I got a letter today from my energy supplier.......Electricity up by 16%(that is 4 times the rate of inflation) gas prices up by 18% (four and a half times the rate of inflation)...and it might be that you would say 'Change your supplier'...but one starts the rises and the others all follow, so it is a pointless exercise really.

I shall be trawling the charity shops for some warm jumpers before the winter comes.