Inflation has hit new records as the cost-of-living crisis surges in the UK, newly released figures have shown.
New data released today from the Office for National Statistics show that inflation hit 9% in the year to April, as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI), as energy bills soared during the month.
April’s inflation is an increase from 7% in March, and the highest one-year increase in consumer prices since the CPI records began in 1989.
