UK inflation jumped in December as shoppers returned to high street
by Phillip Inman from on (#5D2DE)
Increase in transport costs and computer games console prices flagged up by ONS
The annual rate of inflation rose to 0.6% in December from 0.3% in the previous month as shoppers returned to the high street in most parts of the UK after the end of the second lockdown.
The Office for National Statistics said an increase in transport costs and a rise in computer games console prices as Christmas approached was only partially offset by cheaper takeaway food and lower furniture and household equipment prices.
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