Inflation: The ‘Armed Robber’ returns

It is probably safe to assume that you would need to have been on a long-term secondment to another planet to have missed the recent plethora of ‘record-breaking’ statistics about UK (and indeed global) inflation trends. If, by some chance, you’re returning from a boating expedition around the Sea of Tranquillity, you will soon get a flavour of the issues faced on earth when you pay the rocket fuel surcharge for your next flight!