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UK Essential Living Costs Rise 4.8% YoY, Outpacing Headline Inflation
A post credits McKinsey's analysis; another calls for changes to fuel duty and the VAT threshold at the Budget.
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A post credits McKinsey with an analysis finding UK essential living costs rose 4.8% over 12 months, faster than overall inflation. In an October 2026 post, another writer calls for Budget action, including scrapping what they describe as a planned January fuel-duty rise and raising the VAT threshold.
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