There hasn't been and you're right the increased cost of basics far outstrips anything else, there's also a growing trend that many of the cheaper ranges are being discontinued.francovendee wrote: ↑22 Jan 2022, 8:53pm For people who are already struggling any small increase is a potential disaster.
Is there such a thing as a cost of things essential to live inflation index?
Things like food, but not restaurant meals, heating, travel to and from work but not things like video games and all optional items
I get the feeling that the increased cost of basic weekly purchases are far higher than the cost of inflation figures just released.
I use the past tense as it looks like such an index is being produced, led by the poverty campaigner Jack Monroe:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... rice-index
I don't know how much this is on topic, whether supply chains or other factors are causing these increases. If you're struggling to make ends meet, I don't suppose the cause is the major concern.