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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Benjamin Parker

Cost of living crisis? Why we’re ignoring the squeeze and still splashing out on travel

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The cost of living crisis continues to bear down on people across the UK, with further bad news this week thanks to a higher than expected level of inflation.

With fears that interest rates could hit 5 per cent, and doubt cast on prime minister Rishi Sunak’s promise to halve inflation by 2024, it’s a rather bleak time for many Britons.

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