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Sunak should stop pretending that he controls inflation

25 May 2023

4:16 AM

25 May 2023

4:16 AM

The government is delighted with today’s inflation update. Rishi Sunak released a clip this afternoon, talking about his government’s efforts to ‘halve inflation’ by the end of the year. ‘I know it’s still tough’ he says, but ‘the plan is working, and we are delivering.’

The problem is that it is not in his gift to deliver on his particular pledge.

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