Has the government done enough to lower inflation?

Yes

The government doesn't have a direct hand in raising or lowering inflation, so anything the government "does" is irrelevant.

The Rishi Sunak Conservative party's plan to lower inflation i think would of worked but it wasn't given enough time.

I beleive they have done the best that they can in a short time notwithstanding that the event was initially a Tory led initiative

The current government has done nothing to lower inflation.
The lower inflation has mostly come from the reduction in gas and electric costs for consumers, and anything the government has done to lower inflation is temporary, hence why they called for a general election... To blame the next leader for the coming inflation boom that has been caused by the current leader and his cronies.

Liz truss did the main damage but it's thr bank of England who mechanisms help to control inflation not the government.

The government itself has not done much to lower inflation, it was the bank of England monetary policy commitee that raised intrest rates which lowered inflation.

Rishi Sunak's Conservative Government's plan was starting to work to lower inflation but then labour messed it up so the current government labour led by kier starmer has set back al of the progress that has made so therefore hasn't done enough

The Conservative Government's plan to lower inflation was working ,Slowly, but working but Labour has massed it up again.

inflation is controlled and moderated by the bank of england which is an independent institution, not the government

The government has taken steps to address inflation, but more targeted and effective measures are needed.

No, and I’m not convinced that the return of inflation to 2% can be attributed to anything the Government did.

It is the Bank of England that sets monetary policies and as such Government has no authority on Inflation figures.

Certaintly haven't been any extreme measures such as 20% interest rates however it has come down to 2.5%. From my point of view, it's been incredibly difficult to control over the past 2 years with lockdowns, ukraine war impacting food and gas prices as well as the instability over trade routes in the middle east.

They should stop helping their friends when they are trying to solve any problem. Taxing extra profits could have worked better than helping people with their energy bills could have led to lower energy prices and lower inflation

The government did nothing to lower inflation it naturally fell due to market shifts

They can't and they won't, it is controlled by bankers.

The government has had little impact on lowering inflation

The government can't control inflation though it should beef up and remind utility regulatory bodies of their reason for existing.

The government has very little control over inflation. BoE and world events drive it.

The UK government has little influence on global inflation at a large scale. Decisions made by the Truss/Kwarteng government worsened an already poor situation, but the more recent reduction in inflation is not due to government policy

Government has very little control over inflation unless they introduce price caps, which doesn't actually lower inflation.

The Bank of England has a bigger say over the lowering of inflation, government should not try to claim great credit

It takes a long time to bring down. Other countries are interfering in inflation. They have been higher in the past.

Government should use a sliding income tax (fiscal policy) rather than using the interest rate (monetary policy)

They have little or no control, but claim lowering is due to them but raising is down to global factors

The government didn't reduce inflation. People are broke. The government caused 11% inflation in 2022 by way of printing 500 billion pounds during the Covid years.

Done too much, benefitting the rich at the expense of the poor (e.g. urging wage restraint when corporate profits are driving inflation)

Its complicated and improving. I blame Putin invading Ukraine for upsetting the international status quo that was recovering from financial effects of Covid pandemic.

Inflation has decreased in recent months, however, is still nowhere near as low as it was when they came into power. While the current rate change looks promising, considering their track record, I cannot trust this government to maintain this rate of change

While the current government have lowered inflation significantly, more needs to be done to keep prices stable.

No, apparently it wasn't their fault it went up in the first place, so how can we credit them with lowering it back down?

The Government took no responsibility for the inflation rises so cannot take any credit for there decrease

Reduce payments overseas including excessive aid and military support to other countries. Reduce illegal immigration and force non-UK national to pay for health care. Impose greater taxes for non-UK nationals to invest in the UK.

Yes, but it is the government's fault inflation increased so highly in the first place after Liz Truss's "mini-budget".

The recent inflation was caused by external events and mathematically would have come down of its own accord. It has been made worse for people by the BoE interest rate policy and price gouging by large companies. The government have had no effect on it coming down.

No, apparently they didn't raise it in the first place, so how can we credit them with lowering it back down?

No, govt appear to have little control over inflation, however, they could put in place measures to compensate the population, and don’t.

Yes, but windfall taxes should be applied to conglomerates who have profited by raising prices significantly above inflation.

No they dont control it. Inflation or CPI is pretty much a useless measure for showing the financial load on households. RPI is a closer measure as it includes mortgages. People think inflation should be reflective of how financially impacted households are and its nowhere near. This should be a new tracking measure thats reported

They cannot take credit for lowering it, its down to world economics and the boe. If they take credit for lowering it, then they must take credit for it being at 11.1% 16 months ago.

The current Conservative government have done nothing to lower or even consider the lowering of inflation

No, but the government is doing a decent economic job considering the circumstances and the economy is heading in the right direction, albeit slowly.

The inflation political football is not understood by most people and is barely understood by politicians. It is a lazy toy of the media to create simplistic political points. Since global issues affect it all that can be done is to mitigate its effects and act in compensatory ways to ensure citizen security.

Yes and no. Actual cost of living inflation has not fallen. More accurate measures of inflation should be developed.

Mainly dependent on the external factors plus the Bank of England, which is supposed to be apolitical

Westminster should do nothing. The Bank of England has done enough. Private individuals are primarily responsible.

The government has little control over inflation that we’ve currently experienced. It’s market inflation based on global events. Irrelevant question.

The government do not cause inflation to lower, that’s the Bank of England's role

It has nothing to do with the government as the Bank Of England is independent

The bank of England's remit is inflation not the governments

It’s the role of the Bank of England, not the government to control inflation. It has a mandate to do so and is independent

The current plan on under Rishi Sunak is working but it will take time so I think they have done the best they can but it will take more time

Not really under the control of the government as the Bank of England is independent and the largest contributor to inflation was the price af oil and gas which again the Government had little vintrol over

No. The country needs a period of deflation to bring prices back in line with expected levels for the last two years.

I don't believe the government has the ability to do anything about inflation as it is a global issue. Any leavers pulled by the government to influence inflation are just for show, any change is most likely unrelated to the action taken.

Yes but it still needs to go down. People are forgetting we had a pandemic and it cost a lot to give all workers benefits throughout that period!

I don't believe that government policy is an effective tool to combat worldwide inflationary pressure

Doesn't make sense. How can inflation be low when cost of living so high? Surely should be the focus, how well or not people are coping?

They say they were not responsible for the rise, so therefore they cannot bring it down. it's down to external circumstances

The Government should be properly represented on the Bank of England's interest rates committee before I can answer this question

So many avoidable factors, especially re Brexit and bad decisions in managing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, so no