What does the latest inflation data mean for our finances for the rest of 2024? This is Money Podcast

This week, the consumer price index, a measure of inflation, rose slightly to 2.2 percent.

But what does this mean for future decisions on base interest rates and, in turn, on mortgage rates and savings rates?

This week, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost look at the latest inflation figures and what the rest of the year holds for the economy.

Meanwhile, experts are predicting a more active housing market this fall, but what makes them so sure?

And be careful if you plan to take your children out of school during term time – you could face big fines, in the first change to the system since 2013.

Is it fair that parents should be fined for taking their children on holiday? Should a better system be devised?

We look at supermarket winners and losers over the past decade – how badly have things fared for Asda?

And our reporter Angharad Carrick visits Tesco in west London to test out its new anti-theft measures. Do they work?

We also went through Aliexpress… and the sale items are almost too good to be true…

This is the Money podcast