From craft beer to e-cigarettes, inflation basket reflects Britain's changing shopping habits

ONS includes Spotify, melons, and mobile phone covers in its measure of UK inflation, while yoghurt drinks and satnavs are out

E-cigarettes, headphones and music streaming subscriptions have been added to the shopping basket used to measure UK inflation while sat navs and yoghurt drinks are out.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) updates its basket of goods and services every year to keep pace with changing spending habits. Under the latest changes, it will now track the price of increasingly popular craft beers made in microbreweries as well as items in the booming market for mobile phone accessories such as chargers and covers. Melons and sweet potatoes have also been added to the inflation basket, as have protein powders, "to capture the market for sports food supplements", the ONS said.