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BRC responds as Bank of England partly blames rising food prices on labour costs

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The Bank of England has cut the interest rate for the fifth time in a year to 4%, the lowest level in more than two-and-a-half years, but warned that climbing food prices will cause inflation to jump higher in 2025. Economists at the Bank blamed rising…

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