Where inflation eased in March – and where it accelerated

Potatoes, cheese, breakfast cereals and yoghurt all saw an acceleration in inflation last month (Rob Whitworth/Alamy/PA) -

Falls in the cost of personal computers and filling up at the pumps helped ease the overall rate of inflation last month, while prices accelerated for cinema tickets, women’s clothes and – ahead of Easter – cocoa and powdered chocolate.

Petrol and diesel both saw price cuts picking up pace.