The Office for National Statistics said inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index, fell to 2.3% in the year through April, down from 3.2% in March. That is the lowest level since July 2021 when the global economy was still being held back by the coronavirus pandemic. The fall also takes inflation nearer to the Bank of England’s target rate of 2% and is likely to pile pressure on its nine-member rate-setting panel to cut interest rates from the current 16-year high of 5.25%. Since 2020 goods and services have risen by 15%, with food prices up even more at around 25%.
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79% No |
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@9N3WT5R6mos6MO
The government doesn't have a direct hand in raising or lowering inflation, so anything the government "does" is irrelevant.
@9QQKKGQ5mos5MO
The Rishi Sunak Conservative party's plan to lower inflation i think would of worked but it wasn't given enough time.
@9Q7Z36G5mos5MO
I beleive they have done the best that they can in a short time notwithstanding that the event was initially a Tory led initiative
@9Q77X5N5mos5MO
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.
@9Q72V5Y5mos5MO
Liz truss did the main damage but it's thr bank of England who mechanisms help to control inflation not the government.
@9Q6R8ZZ5mos5MO
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.
@9ZCBQKS2wks2W
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
@9V7MZG32mos2MO
The Conservative Government's plan to lower inflation was working ,Slowly, but working but Labour has massed it up again.
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