Consumer price inflation accelerated to its highest level since April last month, fresh data from the Office for National Statistics shows.
The Consumer Price Index rose to 2.3 per cent in October from 1.7 per cent in September, higher than the 2.2 per cent forecast by analysts and marking the largest month-on-month increase in more than two years.
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