UK inflation expected to dip below 10% as energy prices fall

Annual inflation may drop when official figures are released on Wednesday but UK rate still higher than eurozone

Britain's annual inflation rate is poised to fall below 10% for the first time since last August when the latest official figures for the cost of living are released on Wednesday.

A sharp fall in energy prices is thought likely to have dragged down the government's preferred measure of inflation from 10.4% in February to 9.8% in March, according to a poll of economists conducted by Reuters.