China News Service, July 20 (Reuters) - Britain's consumer price index (CPI) reached 9.4 percent in June, the highest level since February 1982, data from the Office for National Statistics showed.
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.
Previously, the British inflation rate reached 9.1% in May, which has hit a 40-year high, and the June data set a new record again.
The data also means that inflation in the UK in June was the highest among the G7 nations.
The data put the Bank of England under pressure to raise interest rates to control inflation.
The Bank of England has raised its key interest rate five times since December, according to Agence France-Presse.
The ONS pointed to a 42% year-on-year rise in petrol prices in June and a 10% rise in food prices as the main factors driving up inflation.
Rising prices have further exacerbated the UK's cost of living crisis and sparked a wave of union strikes.