A trip through time via the inflation basket
Inflation affects everything, from rising rail prices to shrinking savings. To calculate inflation, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) created the consumer price inflation basket of goods and services. It’s an ever-evolving collection of everyday essentials – and the odd luxury – that the ONS uses to measure price changes. But what’s been in the basket in the past?
Read on as we look back at almost 80 years of British history via this indicator of our changing tastes.
Alice Cattley
26 March 2025
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