61 h. ago Food inflation reaches highest annual rate sign March last year, statistics show

Food inflation accelerated to 3.3 per cent in January.

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3 d. ago The climate crisis is a cost of living issue for Australia. My generation will be the first to pay for it | Anjali Sharma

Politicians have divorced the issue of global heating from soaring prices – Australians must take bold action at the ballot boxI love chocolate. It’s a staple of my diet. I don’t like that, at the best of times, it takes up maybe a fifth of my grocery budget.I also don’t like that as a country, we’ve been all too quick to blame rising food prices on inflation. We’ve quickly made inflation a priority for our policymakers, while the cost of living is the key issue of the upcoming election.Anjali Sharma was the lead litigant in Sharma v environment minister, the landmark court case against the then federal environment minister, Sussan Ley, which called for a duty of care to protect children against the impacts of the climate crisis Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sainsbury's and Tesco cut back on major schemes making prices cheaper as food inflation warning is sounded

A spokesperson for Sainsbury's told This is Money on Wednesday that, as of today, the number of items covered in the Aldi Price Match scheme was 606.

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3 d. ago Private school fees and food price rises push inflation to highest level in 10 months

CPI soars to 3% to highest annual rate since March last year

Economics

3 d. ago Inflation rate rises to 3% to reach its highest level in 10 months

The rate of CPI inflation increased to 3 per cent in January to reach its highest level since March last year, the Office for National Statistics said.

Economics

3 d. ago Private school fees and food price rises see inflation soars to highest level in 10 months

Private school fees hike and rising air fares blamed for unexpected hike

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