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Treasury Minister Lucy Rigby has linked hopes of stopping inflation from climbing above 2.8 per cent to the peace talks on Iran. While the government faces criticism for price rises, she maintains the government will meet its 2 per cent target to ease the cost of living. Report by Johals. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00This is welcome news that inflation hasn't risen as expected.
00:03What we are still seeing in these numbers is general inflationary pressure from the war in Iran.
00:09We consistently call for de-escalation and the news about peace talks is very, very welcome.
00:15What we need to see now is inflation returning to target at 2%
00:19and we need to continue to make every effort as we are doing to protect households
00:23and to try and lower the cost of living.
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