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ONS Admits Blunder Inflates UK Inflation Rate, Sparks Trust Issues

6/6/2025

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The U.K.'s Office for National Statistics (ONS) has acknowledged a major blunder that artificially boosted the April 2025 inflation rate by 0.1 percentage points. With the consumer price index now adjusted to 3.4%, critics like Conservative shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride are raising alarms about the trustworthiness of official statistics amid persistent problems in labor market surveys.

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The U.K.'s Office for National Statistics (ONS) has acknowledged a major blunder that artificially boosted the April 2025 inflation rate by 0.1 percentage points. With the consumer price index now adjusted to 3.4%, critics like Conservative shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride are raising alarms about the trustworthiness of official statistics amid persistent problems in labor market surveys.