Increases in VAT, fuel duty and the price of crude oil contributed to a surge in inflation in January, latest official figures reveal.
The Office for National Statistics figures - published this morning - revealed annual CPI inflation had increased from 3.7% in December to 4.0% in January and RPI inflation had surged from 4.8% to ...
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