Britons face deepening misery before Christmas as shock figures today showed inflation topping 11 per cent - with experts warning of worse to come.
The headline CPI rate rose to a new 41-year high of 11.1 per cent in October, up from 10.1 per cent the previous month and far above the 10.7 per cent analysts had expected.
Soaring food and energy costs were the main drivers of the latest surge, with the Office for National Statistics estimating that the average UK household is now paying 88.9 per cent more for heating and lighting than a year ago.
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