Gas and electricity price shock shows the Government measure of inflation is meaningless (UK)

All has parallels in the US: ``Unlike the CPI, which inexplicably excludes mortgage costs -- which is the biggest single outgoing in many household budgets -- the RCLI measures how rising monthly bills for homeloans are hitting millions of people in the pocket. Similarly, the CPI excludes council tax from its estimate of the cost of living as if this impost were an optional extra. If only it were.''