What’s behind the latest fall in the inflation ratepublished at 07:30 GMT
07:30 GMT
Mitchell Labiak
Business reporter
Meat, motor fuels, and air fares were picked out by the ONS as some of the things which helped inflation to fall.
Drivers at the pump may have noticed the average price of petrol fell by 3.1p per litre between December 2025 and January 2026, compared with a rise of 0.8 pence per litre the year before.
Meanwhile, the pattern of air fares rising in December and then falling in January was “less pronounced than in previous years”, the ONS said.
A change in food prices also helped to push inflation down. Over the month of January, food prices fell – helping to lower the rate of price rises for the year to January. Meat as well as bread and cereals were two of the biggest drivers of this.