UK consumer prices · November 2026

UK consumer prices · November 2026 is scheduled for Wednesday 17 December 2026 at 07:00 GMT. The data covers November 2026. The next release in the series is expected on December 2026 data · January 2027.

CPI headline: All-items CPI for November: the 12-month rate and monthly change. CPIH: CPI including owner-occupiers' housing costs — the ONS preferred measure. Core CPI: All items less food, energy, alcohol and tobacco — the underlying trend. Services and goods: Services inflation (labour-intensive, stickier) vs goods inflation (tradeable, more volatile). For detailed definitions of each measure, see the IMF inflation methodology.

Start with CPI vs CPIH — The Bank of England targets CPI at 2%. CPIH (which includes owner-occupied housing) is the ONS preferred measure. Both are published simultaneously. Check services inflation — Services inflation reflects domestic labour costs and is stickier than goods. At 5.0% in October, it remains the main obstacle to the BoE cutting rates aggressively. Note the context: BoE met on 11 Dec — The November CPI release (17 Dec) comes after the December BoE meeting. It will feed directly into the February 2027 decision and the February Monetary Policy Report. For a deeper explanation of how consumer price indices are constructed, the IMF's primer on inflation is a reliable starting point.

The official source is Online · ons.gov.uk. Times shown are in GMT — see the time-zone table on this page for your local equivalent. The Federal Reserve's economic data page and ECB statistics portal also carry same-day updates.

Going into this release: CPI, October was 2.8% (Down from 3.0% in September); Core CPI, October was 2.6% (Down from 2.7%); Services CPI, October was 5.0% (BoE watches closely); Next BoE decision was 11 Dec (MPC meets 11 December). Historical releases and revisions are archived in the World Bank WDI inflation series.