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Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has responded to the inflation data.
He said:
We understand the pressures people are facing with the cost of living.
These are global challenges but we have listened to people’s concerns and recently stepped in to provide millions of households with up to 350 to help with rising energy bills.
