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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Inflation shock as Jeremy Hunt expects prices to go back up again

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Rishi Sunak’s promise to halve inflation this year has been dealt a major blow, as chancellor Jeremy Hunt expects the rate of price hikes to go back up again this month.

Hard-pressed Britons had hoped the end of the cost of living crisis was in sight, with inflation levels finally coming down in recent months.

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