Relief over inflation so what now for the Budget?

There's relief for many today that inflation didn't hit the feared 4% last month - relief for households, the government and the Bank of England.But at 3.8% in the year to September, inflation remains considerably above the Bank's target and while that persists, consumers may remain jittery about spending, uneasy about the future path of prices. After all, during the spike in inflation a couple of years back,…