The Freddo was 10p for thirteen years. Cadbury itself now charges 45p, and cocoa only explains about 3p of the journey. A chocolate frog's guide to where your money went.
For thirty-eight years the ONS published what a pint cost, every month, in pence. The series stops in January 2025 at £4.83. Here is what replaced it, and why two official figures for the same pint are 41p apart.
22.7 million people hold Premium Bonds and nearly two-thirds have never won a penny. The advertised rate is an average that hides what most people actually get: nothing.
In 1997 the average home in England cost three and a half times a full-time salary. Today it costs 7.6 times. The house did not change. The thing we measure it in did.