Nightclubs out and coffee pods in as inflation basket updated

Additions to the basket also include computer software and cream liqueur

The decline of Britain's nightclub scene has forced the government's independent data gatherers to exclude admission prices to late night dance venues from the official inflation figures.

The Office for National Statistics said the closure of scores of nightclubs in recent years and the shift to free or low cost entry for many of those that remain meant the prices were harder to gather and no longer a useful guide to inflation in the hospitality sector.

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