The November figure is down on the 3.6% recorded in the year to October.

The U.K.'s inflation rate cooled sharply to 3.2% in November.

Falling food prices helped drag inflation down

The November figure is down on the 3.6% recorded in the year to October.

The rate of consumer prices index inflation fell to 3.2 per cent in November, from 3.6 per cent in October