Move by government statisticians follows analysis by UK poverty activist of impact on poorest families

Concern that rising inflation is having a disproportionate impact on people in poorer households in the UK has prompted government number crunchers to provide a more detailed breakdown of the cost of living.

The Office for National Statistics said it accepted that every person had their own inflation rate and it would do more to capture the impact of price increases on different income groups.

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