Inflation hike blamed on household costs and tuition fees
The government suffered a big blow today as new figures showed the cost of living went up by half a percent to 2.7 per cent between September and October.
The hike in university tuition fees and increasing household food costs are being blamed.
Watch Economics Editor Richard Edgar's report:
Read more in Richard Edgar's blog.
More top news
British man 'admits' killing his two children in France
A British father has admitted slitting the throats of his two young children in France following a difficult divorce, sources said.
Lessons to be learned from Oxford sex ring trial
Following the Oxford child grooming ring trial and the Rochdale abuse scandal, what should we be focussing on to stop it happening again?
Two hospitalised after Caernarfon Airport plane crash
The Ambulance Service has confirmed a child and a man in his 60s sustained injuries and have been taken to Gwynedd Hospital at Bangor.