Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Gordon Brown's whopper of the week....
Downing street says that inflation is :CPI annual inflation – the Government’s target measure – was 2.5 per cent in March, unchanged from February. But the Prime Minister also said "..Oil and gas prices are up60 percent,wheat and rice prices have doubled.." Mysupermarket.co.uk says an average shopping basket is up by 11 percent on a year ago. Gordon Brown's shopping basket for 2007 is here . "An average family spending £100 a week on groceries a year ago would now have to pay an extra £572 a year...." (Daily Mail 15/04/08)So the Whopper of the week award must go to Gordon Brown.What do you think the rate of inflation is when you shop or fill up your car with fuel ?
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