Soaring Food Prices Drive UK Inflation Back to 40-Year High

A customer shops for food items inside a Tesco supermarket store in east London, on Jan. 10, 2022. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images

The UK’s inflation rate has risen back to the record high of 10.1 percent, driven by soaring food prices.

According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 10.1 percent in the 12 months to September 2022, up from 9.9 percent in August and returning to July’s 40-year high.