Tories accused of failing to protect workers during cost-of-living crisis as inflation jumps to 10.4 per cent
Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham (centre), joins ambulance workers on the picket line outside ambulance headquarters in Coventry. Picture date: Wednesday December 21, 2022.
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YET another crippling rise in 40-year high inflation shows that workers have no choice but to fight for better wages, union leaders warned today.
Price increases, which had slowed slightly in January, unexpectedly rose by 0.3 per cent to 10.4 per cent in the year to February, the Office for National Statistics confirmed.
The rise was fuelled by the fastest jump in food prices in 45 years, as the soaring cost of vegetables, milk, olive oil and eggs pushed food inflation to an eye-watering 18.2 per cent — the highest since 1978.
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