UK inflation slows in February as fuel prices drop

LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer price inflation fell to an annual rate of 1.7% in February from 1.8% in January, official figures showed on Wednesday, in line with forecasts in a Reuters poll.Lower fuel prices and a fall in the cost of video games were the main driver for the fall in CPI, the Office for National Statistics said.Retail price inflation, an older, less accurate measure still used for inflation-linked government bonds and some commercial contracts, fell to 2.5% from 2.7% in..