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Inflation drops to 2.3%: but are we really ‘back to normal’?

As Rishi Sunak celebrates the <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/inflation-rishi-sunak-office-for-national-statistics-prime-minister-rachel-reeves-b1159421.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">latest drop in inflation</a>, our political editor Nicholas Cecil explains why it’s not the news the City was hoping for, and why it’ll be a while before we see the impact of this latest drop. Plus, our homes and property deputy editor India Block <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/buying-london-netflix-review-selling-sunset-daniel-daggers-b1159247.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reviews the new Netflix reality show Buying London</a>. Follow us<a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on X</a> or<a href="https://www.threads.net/@evening.standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on Threads</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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