(E) cigarettes and (craft) alcohol: CPI basket reflects changing habits

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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has updated the basket of goods used to calculate inflation to include e-cigarettes, craft beer and subscriptions to music streaming service Spotify.

These items have been joined by subscriptions to online games, headphones, melons, sweet potatoes and protein powders in the consumer prices index (CPI) basket. In a sign of just how quickly con...

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