School's out for winter!
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UK inflation was still up at 10.5% during the year to December, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics. There are signs these post-lockdown supply chain snarl ups are easing, and wholesale energy prices have fallen significantly too. Still, households are facing soaring grocery and fuel bills, and double-digit inflation won't help ministers as they struggle to convince public sector unions to accept pay settlements. On Q Allyson, schools out for winter, or at least part of it, with the National Education Union announcing what's been called on-off strike action in England and Wales over February and March. And Pep Peeve is now a respectable topic of conversation on
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