Private Eye has risen its cover price for the first time in seven years.
The fortnightly title, the UK’s best selling current affairs magazine, now costs £1.80, up from £1.50.
The latest edition announces the 20 per cent price rise in a ‘number crunching’ feature.
It says:
£1.80: Cost of Private Eye as of this issue, following first price rise in seven years
“£2.25: Cost of the smallest cappuccino available from Starbucks
“£3.31: Average cost of a pint of beer”
In the first half of 2014, Private Eye recorded a circulation of 218,290 of 2.1 per cent.
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