INFLATION has risen to 3.3 per cent as the Iran war pushes up fuel prices, with unions warning: “This looks like just the beginning.”Official figures today showed the CPI measure of inflation in March at its highest since December, rising from 3 per cent in the previous month.Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Today’s uptick in inflation looks like it is just the beginning.“Before the war in Iran, workers were already forecast to get poorer. The outlook is now looking increasingly bleak.

INFLATION has risen to 3.3 per cent as the Iran war pushes up fuel prices, with unions warning: “This looks like just the beginning.”

Official figures today showed the CPI measure of inflation in March at its highest since December, rising from 3 per cent in the previous month.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Today’s uptick in inflation looks like it is just the beginning.

“Before the war in Iran, workers were already forecast to get poorer. The outlook is now looking increasingly bleak.

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