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Anna Wise

UK inflation unexpectedly falls to 2.5% in December

Most analysts had been expecting the inflation rate to remain unchanged at 2.6% (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

UK inflation unexpectedly fell last month as a dip in hotel prices helped offset a jump in the cost of fuel, new official figures show.

The rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation fell to 2.5% in December from 2.6% in November, the Office for National Statistics said.

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