Inflation surges on fuel costs and clothes prices after lockdown

By PA News

Published: 06:31, 19 August 2020

| Updated: 12:25, 25 August 2020

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UK inflation jumped to its highest level for four months in July after the largest hike in fuel prices for nearly a decade and as clothing retailers held off from steep discounts after lockdown, official figures have shown.

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