UK inflation jumped to 3.5% in April after bill hikes sent the cost of living soaring.The rise in Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation, from 2.6% in March, is higher than economists were forecasting and takes the CPI to its highest level since January 2024.It comes after Ofgem's energy price cap rose by 6.4% in April, having fallen a year earlier, alongside a raft of bill hikes for under-pressure households, including steep increases to water charges, as well as rises for council tax, mobile and broadband tariffs, and TV licences among many others.
