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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
James Moore

Voices: The ONS scandal that has made your bills higher than they should be

Is there a bigger numerical oopsie than getting inflation wrong? Given how important this data point is, and how profoundly it affects all of us, it is hard to find one.

Yet this is what happened in April, also known as “misery month” because of the slew of tax and price rises that took effect and delivered a vicious kick in the guts to the average consumer.

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