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18.10.2016
BBC

The UK inflation rate rose to 1.0% in September, up from 0.6% in August, according to official figures.

It is the biggest monthly rise in the cost of household items in more than two years, the Office for National Statistics said.

Rising prices for clothing, overnight hotel stays and motor fuels led to the rise in the Consumer Prices Index.

Economists had forecast inflation of 0.9% as they expected the weaker pound to make imports more expensive.

The Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation, which includes mortgage interest payments, rose to 2.0% in September from 1.8% in August.