CPI inflation, 2010 to August 2026
£1,000 in 2010 is £1,606 today
That £1,000 bought 340 pints of lager in 2010. Today it buys 192.
Prices up 61%2.9% a year on averageMultiply by 1.61
What £1,000 buys
Official average shop prices, not a basket. Things marked as outrunning inflation got dearer faster than everything else; things that lagged got relatively cheaper.
| Item | 2010 | Today |
|---|---|---|
| pints of lager£2.94 then, about £5.20 today | 340 | 192 |
| first-class stampsoutran inflation41p then, £1.80 today | 2,439 | 556 |
| dozen eggslagged inflation£2.83 then, about £2.39 today | 353 | 419 |
| packs of 20 cigarettesoutran inflation£5.86 then, about £17.87 today | 171 | 56 |
| kg of bananaslagged inflation98p then, about £1.10 today | 1,020 | 911 |
| sliced white loaveslagged inflation£1.20 then, about £1.51 today | 833 | 664 |
| litres of unleadedlagged inflation£1.17 then, about £1.48 today | 855 | 678 |
| nips of whiskyoutran inflation£2.14 then, about £4.20 today | 467 | 238 |
| kg of roasting chicken£2.88 then, about £4.07 today | 347 | 246 |
| boxes of tea bags£1.97 then, about £2.84 today | 508 | 352 |
| kg of rump steak£11.75 then, about £20.33 today | 85 | 49 |
| pints of milk44p then, about 70p today | 2,262 | 1,429 |
| pints of bitter£2.58 then, about £4.09 today | 388 | 244 |
| Same money, adjusted for inflation | £1,000 | £1,606 |
The ONS stopped publishing these average prices in January 2025. Today's figures are that last reading moved on with inflation, so treat them as close rather than exact.
Houses and wages
Inflation is one story. What people earned, and what a home cost, are the other two.
Average house
£165,483 → £278,784
Up 1.7×, against 1.6× for prices generally
Average pay
£23,088 → £39,312
A year's average earnings, up 1.7×
Years of pay for a house
7.2 → 7.1
Average house price divided by average annual pay
If it had tracked wages
£1,703
What £1,000 in 2010 would be today if it had grown with pay rather than prices