like professionals, they need to have a decent living wage, which is what we have started to do, and that will have a knock—on effect as to how profitable our business is, and while we are happy to take a slice of the pie, our slice, and give it away, and share it with our staff, at some point some of that pie is going to have to come from the customer as well. overall, consumer prices were up by 3.2%. stripping out the effect of eat out to help out, it was 2.8%. the biggest single factor was petrol, with unleaded up 21.5p over the year to £1.35 a litre. like the bank of england, the office for national statistics says it believes the jump in the rate of inflation is temporary, as suppliers struggled to keep up with the reopening global economy. but if companies keep having to pay bigger pay rises to get the staff they need, that view may have to be revised. andy verity, bbc news. just some news to bring in from the past few minutes. nadine dorries has