Energy and fuel costs rose sharply, pushing the overall inflation rate to its highest level since 1981.
Inflation is a measure of the cost of living and to calculate it, the Office for National Statistics keeps track of the prices of hundreds of everyday items, known as a "basket of goods".
My shopping list of exactly the same bread, pizza, chips, loo roll, eggs, potatoes, sugar, oats, cornflakes, and nappies has gone up from £14.20 in May to £16.29 yesterday. That's a 14.7% rise in just six months. However, gas and electricity prices were still the main drivers of inflation after bills climbed again last month.
Without the government's support, however, it said overall inflation would have risen to as high as 13.8%.
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