{
  "id": 1904020,
  "title": "Rising inflation underlines scale of Andy Burnham’s cost of living challenge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/rising-inflation-underlines-scale-of-andy-burnhams-cost-of-living",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T08:40:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/19/rising-inflation-underlines-scale-of-andy-burnham-cost-of-living-challenge"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "PM’s plan to shield households from more pressure risks being overwhelmed by wider price rises UK inflation rises to 2.9% Business live – latest updates July’s increase in inflation, to 2.9% , is likely to be the first of several, underlining the challenge facing Andy Burnham in shielding consumers from a fresh cost of living squeeze this autumn. Rising energy bills, as an increase in Ofgem’s…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}