Yes they are....the housing group accounted for 31.1% of the annual gain (this includes utilities, rents, cost of building etc).

Combined, yes. Elec was 10.9% of the annual increase. Domestic holiday 7.9% and International another 2.2%. But food and non-alcohol was 15.8%, booze and fags another 8.5%, meals out and takeaway 6.6%, health 6.3%, education 6.6%....there's a lot more going on that simply holiday prices.

While that is true for the month-on-month increase, if you consider the year-on-year then the domestic and international holiday contribution is only 10% of the whole.

I'm unable to find reference to this anywhere and cannot find any Courier Mail article...anyone able to provide an actual source?

Why does anyone ever look at 'annualised' rate? "This would be what happens if things don't change for the next 9 months...which they obviously will?"!
UK Annualised GDP
Q1 '24 3.6%
Q2 '24 2.0%
Q3 '24 0.0%
Q4 '24 0.4%
Whole of '24 1.1%
Q1 '25 2.8%