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It also said that inflation in the UK was “significantly higher” than the estimates for large European economies such as France and Germany.
In August, France’s inflation was 0.8% while Germany recorded price growth of 2.1%.
Yael Selfin, chief economist at KPMG UK, said Britain had become “an outlier in recent months on inflation compared to other major economies”.
She said: “Since April, the rise in inflation has been driven largely by domestic policy choices, including the increase in employers’ National Insurance Contributions.
“These higher costs have been passed on by businesses to consumers, feeding through into higher headline inflation.”
Some food items have continued to see particularly big increases. In the year to August, beef and veal prices were up nearly 25%, while butter prices grew by nearly 19% and chocolate rose by 15.4%.
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said that food costs were outstripping average wage growth, which the ONS said reached 4.7% between May and July.
“With food inflation now outpacing wages, many families will be struggling with the rising cost of living,” Kris Hamer, director of insight at the BRC, said.