Blair Backing Brown As Cost of Living Soars

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Tony Blair insisted yesterday that inflation is "under control" after official numbers showed the cost of living rising faster than at any time since he became Prime Minister.

He blamed a three per cent rise in the Consumer Prices Index during 2006 on high oil prices and said he expected the rate to ease back to Chancellor Gordon Brown's two per cent target now that the cost of crude oil has fallen.

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Blair Backing Brown As Cost of Living Soars

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