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Single older people are bearing the brunt of rising prices, and women may be particularly hard hit.
Data from last week's CPI shows that over a five-year period, households comprised of single people aged over 75 had the highest level of inflation, up 27.2 percent, compared to a general rate of 25.3 percent.
Over two years, they had inflation of 7.8 percent compared to total inflation of 5.4 percent.
Those aged 70 to 74 had the next highest rate of inflation over five years, 1.8 percent higher than the overall level.
Over a two-year period, households of single people aged 65 to 69 had inflation of 6.3 percent.
Every age group of single people had a higher inflation rate than the overall rate ov
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