Attacks on Red Sea shipping could damage the UK economy by pushing up prices, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday. Asked if the attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi militants in Yemen could mean rising prices in Britain, Mr Hunt told the BBC: “It may have an impact and we’ll watch it very, very carefully.”

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