Coffee, soft drinks, rice, meat and tea were among items that saw a slowing of inflation last month.

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Most economists think a sharp drop in petrol and diesel prices will have helped pull the overall inflation rate down.

Newly appointed Chancellor John Healey said falling inflation is ‘news families want to hear’