Councils may be propelled to bring services back in-house to escape contracts tied to inflation amid Bank of England predictions it will peak at 11%.
Data showed inflation hit 10.1% in the 12 months to July - the highest rate since February 1982 and much higher than the typically assumed rate of 2.5%.
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