Households brace for cost of living pain as Iran war drives 'extraordinary' shifts

Tehran has launched a series of retaliatory strikes on energy sites in the Gulf since the conflict began, and has throttled the key shipping route of the Strait of Hormuz. The prime minister said the longer the war goes on, "the bigger impact on the cost of living". RAF jets are among the British military force already deployed to the Middle East, and UK military planners are working with the US and other allies on proposals for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.