UK inflation has seen a surprise fall to 6.7% despite hikes in fuel prices.
The drop in inflation between August and July was 0.1 per cent, the Office for National Statistics said.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the drop showed "the plan to deal with inflation is working - plain and simple". He added: "It is still too high which is why it is all the more important to stick to our plan to halve it so we can ease the pressure on families and businesses. It is also the only path to sustainably higher growth.”
Despite the fall, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said: "The UK is forecast to have the highest inflation of any major economy this year. "The Prime Minister is too weak to turn things around, while his predecessor Liz Truss continues to call for the same policies that crashed the economy this time last year.She claimed a Labour government would "grow our economy so we can increase living standards, bring down bills and make working people in all parts of the country better off".
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