Households are continuing to be hit by high energy and fuel prices, new data shows, but the costs of other products, like pizza and quiche, rose more rapidly between April and May. The cost of filling up a family car with petrol last month was around 30.4% higher than a year ago, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the cost of using a gas-powered boiler has risen by 95.5%, and the prices of liquid fuel, electricity and diesel have also soared. But energy prices had already spiked in April and were little changed in May, the figures show.
Bigger changes between the two months can be seen elsewhere. Potatoes had previously avoided some of the high inflation figures that other food items saw in recent months.
