These figures are highly manipulated.
They don’t include fuel costs, council tax, rent, mortgages, etc
Also, the ONS uses a geometric mean to calculate price changes for many items. This method automatically assumes that when the price of something spikes, consumers are smart and immediately switch to a cheaper alternative.
For example, if beef spikes by 9.4% (as it did in the latest data) and you switch to a cheaper protein, the formula registers a lower inflation impact. While this makes sense for economic modeling, it means the index measures the cost of surviving, not the cost of maintaining the exact lifestyle you had a year ago.
For the every day person, inflation is still ridiculous.
(not blaming Labour for this though. Just pointing out that both Labour and the Tories are facetious when they try to use inflation data as a victory.)