17 December 2025, United Kingdom, --: Undated file photo of a person holding a shopping basket in a supermarket. Inflation is set to have eased further last month after a dip in food costs helped offset a jump in hotel prices, economists think. The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation is widely expected to fall to 3.5\% in November, from 3.6\% in October. Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire/dpa