UK inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in more than two years in January, forcing Bank of England governor Mervyn King to explain to the government what will be done to tame price gains.
Consumer prices rose 4 per cent from a year earlier after a 3.7 per cent increase in December, the highest since November 2008.
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