FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to rise; inflation to ease in boost for Healey

Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. It’s Wednesday and new Chancellor John Healey will be hoping for an early boost when the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals June’s inflation rate at 7am. Headline CPI inflation is tipped to have eased slightly from 2.8 per cent in May to 2.7 per cent…