Cost of living
- The average home cost 6.7 years of a typical full-time worker's pay in 2025 Average UK house price over the year in years of median full-time pay, and the monthly repayment on it as a share of monthly pay. Great Britain pay, 1984 to 2025.
- After inflation, household electricity prices were 35% higher and gas prices 12% higher than in 2015, in August 2026 Consumer prices of household electricity and gas, divided by prices of all goods and services (CPIH), UK, monthly from January 1988 to August 2026. Index, 2015 = 100.
- After inflation, beer in pubs and bars cost 17% more in August 2026 than in January 1987 Price of beer bought in pubs and bars and of beer bought from shops, after inflation, compared with January 1987, UK, monthly, 1987 to 2026. 1 is the January 1987 price; above 1, beer has gone up faster than prices in general.
- Gas and electricity for a typical household cost £1,658 a year in August 2026 A typical household's yearly gas and electricity bill, worked out month by month, Great Britain, January 1988 to August 2026. Pounds a year, adjusted for inflation to August 2026 prices, so every year is shown in today's money.
- UK households paid 29.7p per unit of electricity and 7.0p per unit of gas in 2025, including taxes Average price households pay per unit (kWh) of electricity and of gas, including taxes, in the UK, the middle of 28 European countries, Germany and France, 2008 to 2025. Pence, not adjusted for inflation.
- Petrol cost 175.3p a litre and diesel 200.0p at UK filling stations in the week of 12 October 2026 Average pump price of unleaded petrol and diesel, UK, each week from 9 June 2003 to 12 October 2026. Pence a litre, adjusted for inflation to August 2026 prices.
- A pint of lager cost an average of £5.15 in the UK in the 12 months to August 2026 Average price of a pint of draught lager in pubs and bars, by region, UK, September 2025 to August 2026. Pounds.