Kemi Badenoch on inflation, PMQs 29 October 2025
The statement
On our record, we brought inflation down to 2%; it has doubled under the Prime Minister.
Kemi Badenoch, 29 October 2025. Source
What the sources report
- Office for National Statistics, series D7G7 (CPI ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100), release of 2026-09-15 reports CPI annual rate (June 2024): 2%src
- Office for National Statistics, series D7G7 (CPI ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100), release of 2026-09-15 reports CPI annual rate (September 2025): 3.8%src
- Office for National Statistics, series D7G7 reports CPI annual rate (August 2026, latest): 3.5%src
Notes
The ONS reports CPI inflation of 2.0% in June 2024, the last figure before the July 2024 election.
The ONS reports 3.8% for September 2025, the latest figure published when this was said (22 October 2025).
The latest ONS figure is 3.1% for August 2026.
Each figure's own page, with every change: CPI annual rate (August 2026, latest), CPI annual rate (June 2024), CPI annual rate (September 2025).
Receipts
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- Parliament recordStatement source: Kemi Badenoch
- Official statisticsOffice for National Statistics, series D7G7 (CPI ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100), release of 2026-09-15: CPI annual rate (June 2024)
- Official statisticsOffice for National Statistics, series D7G7 (CPI ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100), release of 2026-09-15: CPI annual rate (September 2025)
- Official statisticsOffice for National Statistics, series D7G7: CPI annual rate (August 2026, latest)
- Official statisticsONS time series D7G7: CPI annual rate