Ministers face anxious wait and consumers more pain on prices as September rate stays steady

UK inflation holds steady at 6.7% amid rising fuel prices

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The latest inflation figures will be a huge disappointment to Rishi Sunak, as they will be to millions of households across the UK who long for the cost of living crisis to end.

Economists expected a small fall in September from August’s 6.7% inflation rate, but instead it remained stubbornly unchanged.