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Families struggling due to high bread and butter costs as inflation hits new high
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FAMILIES are struggling to meet basic needs due to high bread and butter costs, data revealed today as the latest inflation figures ballooned to 7 per cent.
The squeeze on households tightened last month as rapidly rising food and fuel prices sent inflation to another 30-year high, even before a massive increase in energy bills.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rose 7 per cent in the year to March, up from 6.2 per cent in February.
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