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Next government must not take falling inflation for granted, says BRC

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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has responded to the latest CPI inflation figures, which show headline inflation falling to 2.0% and food inflation falling 1.2 percentage points to 1.7%. Kris Hamer, BRC’s director of insight, said: “The country will breathe a sigh of relief as inflation…

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