Inflation was up more than expected to 3.5% in April, but the environment secretary Steve Reed MP insists the economy is "on the road to recovery". Describing the increase in inflation as "disappointing", Mr Reed claimed the government had brought it down from double digits. Pushed on the fact that inflation was at 2.1% when Labour came to power, he added: "It was very unstable under the previous government. It wasn't in a particular trajectory. It was going up and down quite wildly in many,

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