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A December UK Rate Cut May Hinge On the Budget

Can Chancellor Rachel Reeves avoid pushing up prices again?

Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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The final UK inflation reading before the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her budget next week, had some heartening signs.