Among the drivers of April's inflation was shelter, which grew 0.3% month-over-month and 4.0% year-over-year. Electricity costs were up 0.8% MoM, and food away from home and medical care commodity ...

UK inflation surged in April, driven by higher utility bills and holiday travel, with CPI rising 1.2% MoM and 3.5% YoY, exceeding expectations. Core inflation also accelerated, highlighting ...

The Bank reduced rates to 4.25% from 4.5% earlier this month after inflation had recently eased back, while it also lowered its CPI forecast for the rest of 2025.

This had the effect of overstating the headline CPI and Retail Prices Index (RPI) annual rates by 0.1 percentage points for the year to April 2025 only. No other periods are affected, the ONS said.