UK inflation has surged to another 40-year high as fuel and energy prices rocketed amid the ongoing cost of living crisis, according to new official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It said Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rose to 9.4% in June, up from 9.1% in May.
This remains the highest level since February 1982 and will put additional pressure on cash-strapped households trying to stay on top of their already tightened budgets. And it’s something several MPs have asked the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to take into consideration for the uprating on benefits, which increased by just 3.1% in April.
Earlier this week, Labour’s Shadow Justice Minister, Afzal Khan MP, asked the DWP if it would “increase Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and other associated benefits in line with inflation” but as with previous responses relating to similar questions about bringing the uprating forward, Minister for Disabled People, Chloe Smith MP, said that the review would not take place until later in the year.
