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Henry Saker-Clark

Rishi Sunak ‘may fall short on pledge to halve inflation in 2023’, top think tank warns

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is at risk of failing in his pledge to halve inflation this year, according to an economic think tank.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) forecast that inflation will remain persistently higher than expected over the rest of 2023, in a worrying prediction for under-pressure households.

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