Article 6H1QW UK Christmas shoppers will pay more for less this year, say economists

UK Christmas shoppers will pay more for less this year, say economists

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Gwyn Topham
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Cost of festive season is up almost a quarter in three years, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research

Consumers will pay more for less this Christmas, economists have warned, getting less of a bang for their buck than the faint phutting of a puny, overpriced cracker being pulled.

Although Britons will spend more than in the belt-tightening 2022 festive season, the resultant fare won't yet match the pre-pandemic Christmases past.

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