We compared the price of every day items including groceries and house prices from 1997 to 2017 to see just how much the cost of living has increased over 20 years. - See more at: http://visual.ly/rising-cost-living#sthash.OZktOr6o.dpuf

1. Food and drink
At home
Behind the wheel
Entertainment
6 large eggs
2017
£1.50p
1997
80p
88%
Pint of milk
1997
35p
2017
45p
Loaf of
white bread
2017
£1
92% 1997
52p
Cadbury's
Freddo
2017
30p
1997
10p
MILK
Chocolate
Freddo
Freddo
200%
Average
house
2017
£222,484
1997
£78,000
185%
Average salary
2017
£28,000
1997
£16,500
70%
2017
£1,063
1997
£739
Average
energy bill
3 bedroom house
44%
£
£
£
£
New
Volkswagen Golf
1997
£11,970
2017
£19,090
59%
Car insurance
Average yearly premium
1997
£340
2017
£767
CAR INSURANCE
126%
Cinema ticket
1997
£4.07
2017
£7.50
82%
Big Mac
1997
£1.80
2017
£2.99
66%
First
class stamp
1997
26p
2017
65p
150%
Beano Magazine
1997
42p
2017
£2.50
495%
THE RISING
Cost of Living
Litre of
unleaded
petrol
2017
£1.20
1997
57p
111%
From beer to Big Macs, we take a look at
some of our most common everyday
purchases then and now.
Were things really as cheap as you remember 20 years ago?
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29%
2017
£1,484
1997
£688
Average
council tax bill
Band D, England
COUNCIL TAX
116%
London to
New York
1997
£329
2017
£400
22%
Pint of beer
2017
£3.50p
1997
£1.75p
100%
Sources
www.ons.gov.uk
www.ias.org.uk/Alcohol-knowledge-centre/Price/Factsheets/The-price-of-a-drink.aspx
www.pintprice.com/
www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/outrage-freddo-price-rises-30p/
www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-house-price-index-hpi-for-december-2016
www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/09/uk-house-prices-surge-4000-pounds-december-2016
www.theguardian.com/money/2007/may/11/1
www.cooperativeenergy.coop/news-and-views/what-is-the-average-energy-bill-in-the-uk/
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-wages-2014-average-earners-3132760
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/02/wage-growth-set-return-2017/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21238363
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1551091/Blair-in-numbers.html
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1350890.stm
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-2408807/New-car-prices-risen-inflation-25-years.html
www.terramedia.co.uk/reference/statistics/cinema/cinema_ticket_prices_1.htm
www.cinemauk.org.uk/the-industry/facts-and-figures/uk-cinema-industry-economics-and-turnover/average-ticket-price/
www.bigmacindex.org/1997-big-mac-index.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beano https://www.vouchercloud.com/resources/the-freddo-index
www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/mar/27/60p-price-stamp-royal-mail
www.itv.com/news/2017-02-24/royal-mail-announces-1p-price-rise-for-first-and-second-class-stamps/
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1551091/Blair-in-numbers.html
www.tesco.com/