Ministers are seeking to come up with something – anything – to fulfil Sunak’s pledge for this year as price rises prove stickier than expected

Prices in UK stores are rising at a record pace as the cost-of-living crisis shows little indication of easing.

Prices at U.K. stores in the first week of May were 9% higher on year, a new record high, but food inflation slowed slightly, as lower energy and commodity costs started to ease.

British shop price inflation picked up this month to reach its highest rate since industry records began in 2005, although growth in food prices cooled slightly, a survey showed on Tuesday.

Brits woke up to yet more grim news on inflation Tuesday, with new data showing prices in UK stores are rising at a record pace. It’s the latest sign of a seemingly intractable cost-of-living crisis that has Prime Minster Rishi Sunak considering drastic measures,