Retail Price Index Archives

#Everyday spending

Rail fares are going up, but with a delay

20 December 202025 January 2021

Regulated rail fares are going up again next year but rather than the usual increase in January, the government has delayed the start date to 1 March 2021. The rates are set to increase by 2.6% in the spring; this […]

#Analysis

The Retail Price Index is set to be scrapped by 2030

29 November 202025 January 2021

The government confirmed this week that the Retail Price Index (RPI) will be scrapped by 2030 and replaced by the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH), the government’s official measure of inflation. RPI is a legacy index […]