The cost of living unexpectedly increased last month
To calculate inflation, which measures the increase in the price of something over time, the Office for National Statistics keeps track of the prices of hundreds of everyday items.
The shortages were also compounded by high energy prices hitting UK growers, as well as issues with supply chains. But Mr Fitzner said the longer term outlook for the UK was "not quite so bleak", with expectations that falling energy prices would ease inflation this summer. Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union , told the BBC that food prices had risen partly because of the "extraordinary costs" farmers were facing, but also because there were fewer growers and shortages had emerged.
Inflation will still fall, it has to mathematically, as the biggest single component over the past years, domestic energy bills, rise by a smaller amount than in 2022. But it promises to be a bumpier ride than hoped.
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