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Inflation
Three official measures, side by side. They differ by construction - CPIH includes owner-occupiers' housing costs, CPI excludes them, RPI is no longer a National Statistic but is still used for some indexation.
ONS designates CPIH as its lead measure. RPI lost National Statistic status in 2013; it typically runs higher than CPI by construction.
Prices rose 3.1% in the year to July 2026
On the fullest official measure, something that cost £100 a year earlier typically cost £103.10 by July 2026. That is slower than a year before, when the rate was 4.2%.
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Prices rose 2.9% in the year to July 2026
On the international-standard CPI measure, something that cost £100 a year earlier typically cost £102.90 by July 2026. That is slower than a year before, when the rate was 3.8%.
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Prices rose 3.2% in the year to July 2026
On the older RPI measure, something that cost £100 a year earlier typically cost £103.20 by July 2026. That is slower than a year before, when the rate was 4.8%.
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Revision history - every earlier capture, kept
Official series get revised; records here are never overwritten. A changed figure is integrity, not error, when the change is visible.
- 23 Jul 2026 - CPIH ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100: 2.8% (2026 JUN) - ONS series L55O, dataset MM23
- 16 Jul 2026 - CPIH ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100: 3% (2026 MAY) - ONS series L55O, dataset MM23
- 16 Jul 2026 - CPIH annual inflation rate: 2.8% (2026 MAY) - ONS series D7G7, dataset MM23
- 23 Jul 2026 - CPI ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100: 2.6% (2026 JUN) - ONS series D7G7, dataset MM23
- 16 Jul 2026 - CPI ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100: 2.8% (2026 MAY) - ONS series D7G7, dataset MM23
- 23 Jul 2026 - RPI All Items: Percentage change over 12 months: Jan 1987=100: 3% (2026 JUN) - ONS series
- 16 Jul 2026 - RPI All Items: Percentage change over 12 months: Jan 1987=100: 3.1% (2026 MAY) - ONS serie