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High inflation hinders UK cost-of-living fight
High inflation hinders UK cost-of-living fight
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Britain's annual inflation rate unexpectedly remained at 8.7 percent in May, official data showed Wednesday, piling pressure on the Bank of England and government to act over a cost-of-living crisis. Britain has endured months of strikes by workers demanding higher wages to help with the cost-of-living crisis.