In the headlines
UK inflation has hit a 40-year high of 9%, the highest level among G7 countries and among the highest of any advanced economy. The Bank of England expects prices to be “higher still” by the winter, says Sky News’s Ed Conway on Twitter – and they tend to underestimate inflation. A Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault. Tory whips say they have banned the unnamed man, who is in his 50s, from parliament until the investigation is complete. Pope Francis has railed against his doctors for telling him to use a wheelchair because of a gammy knee. “Do you know what I need for my knee,” the 85-year-old told a crowd in Mexico: “Some tequila.”