There's some good news on the cost of living - the annual rate of inflation
fell last month.

The Consumer Prices Index fell to 4 percent in March from 4-point-4 percent in
February. 

It's being put down to a fall in food prices.

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(Meanwhile) official figures show the high street revealed its worst sales
drop in 16 years in March, compared with a year before.

Even internet sales have seen the slowest growth since records began in 2008.