China News Service, June 22. Comprehensive foreign media reported on the 22nd that the British Office for Statistics (ONS) data showed that the British inflation rate reached 9.1% in May, a record high in 40 years.
On May 4, 2022, volunteers from a charity project in the United Kingdom are processing food at a storage center.
In the UK, demand for food banks and community food centres has soared.
Food and fuel costs in the UK have risen sharply since the end of 2021, with inflation hitting the highest level in 40 years.
British inflation edged up in May from April to 9.1%, still at its highest level since 1982, as energy and food costs rose, according to reports.
The Bank of England, the Bank of England, said not long ago that inflation in the UK is likely to remain above 9% in the coming months and peak at 11% by the end of the year.
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sunak said in response that the British government is doing everything it can to deal with the price surge.
"The Wall Street Journal" pointed out that the current inflationary pressures are still mainly related to rising food and energy prices.
The ONS said: “Food prices continued to rise sharply and petrol prices were at record levels, but the impact was partly offset by lower clothing costs than a year earlier and often volatile computer game prices. decline."
Agence France-Presse reported that high inflation is causing a cost of living crisis.
British rail workers are set to stage the "largest" strike in more than 30 years this week as soaring prices erode the value of wages.
In addition, the blow to inflation has forced central banks to raise interest rates, with the Bank of England raising its key rate five times since December, according to Agence France-Presse.