Soaring food prices keeps inflation stubbornly high
Soaring food prices have kept inflation stubbornly high in March, at 10.1%.
The rate had been predicted to go below 10% because of the fall in energy prices but the rising cost of food meant inflation stayed in the double-digits for the seventh-consecutive month.
The March rate, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), was slightly down on the 10.4% recorded in February.
The cost of food rose 19% - its fastest increase since 1977 - as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze consumers.
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