Office for National Statistics

United Kingdom CPI data, charts and release history

Follow the official consumer price inflation and its precisely labelled underlying measure, Core CPI.

Headline inflation
2.9% y/y
CPIH
0.3% m/m
Monthly change
0.3% m/m
Reference period
2026-07

Inflation history

Headline inflation

2026-04 to 2026-07. Values use the labelled official measure shown above.

CPIH

2026-04 to 2026-07. Values use the labelled official measure shown above.

Release history

PeriodReleasedHeadlineStageVintage
2026-0718 August 20262.9% y/yfinalOriginal
2026-0622 July 20262.6% y/yfinalOriginal
2026-0517 June 20262.8% y/yfinalOriginal
2026-0419 May 20262.8% y/yfinalOriginal

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Actual Squawkdeck message

🇬🇧 UK CPI — Jul 2026

CPI YoY: +2.9% (prev +2.6%) CPI MoM: +0.3% (prev +0.1%) CPIH YoY: +3.1% (prev +2.8%) CPIH MoM: +0.3% (prev +0.2%)

Official publication

Methodology

United Kingdom publishes monthly CPI observations. National definitions differ, so comparisons retain the publisher's measure name and periodicity.

Official methodology

Official source

The original publisher remains authoritative. Availability and delivery depend on the upstream source.

Office for National Statistics CPI source
United Kingdom CPI: Latest Inflation Rate, Charts and History