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Ministers face pressure to act on the cost of living as the Iran conflict threatens to push prices higher.
Oil prices have soared since the US and Israel began strikes on Iran, exceeding 100 dollars per barrel on Monday.
Although prices fell back below 90 dollars as US President Donald Trump suggested the conflict was nearing a conclusion – contradicting his own Defence Department –
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