The numbers are all silly and incomparable at the moment, really a function of nothing other than how different forms of government support for energy bills are accounted for. 

That said, headline inflation is such an emotive and important number for so many things it seems idiotic to choose any method of subsidising energy costs that doesn't lower it. 

I can't imagine how mad the government were at the ONS decision that the £400 bill subsidy shouldn't reduce headline inflation. It would lower the number by something like 2%. 

It would lower the number by something like 2%. 

Really!? Surprised the impact would be that large tbh

I think the point is that the UK food inflation rate shot up after the Brexit crash out before the current crisis and before food inflation took off elsewhere.  HTH

It would have been a 2.7% reduction in RPI according the to FT (not sure why they referenced RPI, and whether it would have affected CPI by so much). 

Distorted by the mustard shortage. If they just laid off the mustard mayo there would be nothing to see here.   

So amithemeatshield if inflation were to be lower than the UK’s rate in another single market country that would do what to your initial proposition?

Heh they just can’t admit it’s a worldwide issue

Nobody denies inflation is a worldwide issue risky.

Apart obviously from meatshield boy who seemed to be making some sort of attempt to link it to the single market

If it was just the 'single market', we'd still be in it. But its the EU now, with rather grander ideas, largely French driven.

The single market IS the EU, the EU was formed when the single market commenced.

Sorry it was too subtle for you Strutter.

European Community to start with, I think.

The Treaty of European Union was passed in 1991, coming into force in 1993 at the same time as the single market.   For some purposes it is true that the EEC was called the EC from that date, but that included the european union as a pillar, it is all a bit confusing.    We are both a bit right and bit wrong I think.  But my substantive point is a good - that the principle of European Union was enshrined in the 1991 Maastricht treaty