UK inflation rate falls to 3.6% in year to October

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The UK inflation rate fell to 3.6% in the year to October, the lowest rate for four months.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said prices rose more slowly over the year thanks to gas and electricity prices increasing less than they did this time last year.

The cost of hotels was also a downward driver, the ONS said.

But food prices rose after a dip in September.

The fall means prices are rising more slowly than they were and will foster hope that inflation has peaked, helping to pave the way for lower interest rates.

Inflation was last at 3.6% in June. In the months following that it edged up to 3.8%, before the fall in October.

A line chart titled 'UK inflation dipped to 3.5% in October', showing the UK Consumer Price Index annual inflation rate, from January 2020 to October 2025. In the year to January 2020, inflation was 1.8%. It then fell close to 0% in late-2020 before rising sharply, hitting a high of 11.1% in October 2022. It then fell to a low of 1.7% in September 2024 before rising again. In the year to October 2025, prices rose 3.6%, down from 3.8% the previous month.

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