It appears like we’re having to pay an increasing number of for the fundamentals each month. New figures launched this week confirmed meals inflation has reached an 18-month excessive of 4.2% – pushed up by family favourites like chocolate, eggs and butter. The power worth cap can also be rising, once more. So, when will we begin to really feel a bit higher off?
Why is the hangover of the price of residing disaster nonetheless lingering? And because the nights attract, what might be accomplished to outlive one other chilly winter?
On at present’s episode, Jonathan Samuels is joined by enterprise correspondent Paul Kelso – who explains why costs stay stubbornly excessive – and Money blogger Jess Sharp, who provides some recommendation and tricks to struggling households.
Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse and Emily Hulme
Editor: Mike Bovill
