UK inflation rose to 3.4% in December 2025, up 0.2 percentage points from November’s reading. December’s increase was the first since July 2025 as prices had either plateaued or fallen since then, but ...

After the storms earlier in the year, investors have basked in a steamy summer market melt-up that has added another $5 trillion to record-high share markets and lifted almost everything else, too.