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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: UK inflation falls to 6.8%; shares down again after 100-point drop yesterday

The pace of price rises in the UK dropped signficiantly in July, new figures today reveal, as inflation fell to 6.8%.

The decline was exactly in line with forecasts, and came thanks in part to lower energy prices because of the lower price cap.

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