The retail price index and consumer price index were the farthest apart they have been for five years in last month’s inflation figures, prompting debate that legislation could level the playing field ...

Soft drinks manufacturer Britvic is the latest business to attempt to switch the basis for its defined benefit pension increases from the retail price index to the consumer price index, with other ...

Inflation unexpectedly remained steady last month as upward pressure from petrol prices was offset by easing food costs, ...

Investment consultants and the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association welcomed clarity over the future use of the retail price index to calculate U.K pension benefits and liabilities, but warned ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should stop issuing inflation-linked bonds that are tied to a flawed measure of price growth that gives bondholders an undeserved £1 billion windfall each year, lawmakers ...

The triple lock creates unpredictability in public spending and disproportionately benefits better-off pensioners. A better ...

Train passengers are facing a hike in fares by as much as 5.8% next year as new inflation figures revealed a high-than-expected rise in prices. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced on ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Official statistics place too much weight on a standard European Union inflation measure at the expense of a national index more suited to wage negotiations, experts said in a ...