Men’s suit removed from UK ‘inflation basket’ as Covid changes working life

Doughnuts and coal also removed from list of 700 representative goods and services by ONS

The traditional men’s suit has been removed from the basket of goods used to calculate the annual inflation rate – the latest casualty of the increase in working from home since the start of the Covid pandemic two years ago.

The Office for National Statistics said the change in working patterns meant the suit was no longer one of the 700 representative goods and services selected to measure the UK’s cost of living.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/Gfc1ulM

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