Chief Secretary to the Treasury responds to February inflation figures

Consumer price inflation, UK: February 2025

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, said:

“Our number one mission is kickstarting growth to raise living standards for working people, that is why we are protecting working people's payslips from higher taxes.

"In a changing world, we're focused on delivering economic stability to secure people's finances – freezing fuel duty, protecting the Triple Lock and increasing the national living wage by £1,400 a year for full-time workers, while going further and faster to drive growth through our Plan for Change. ”