LONDON (Reuters) – The British public’s expectations for inflation over the next five to 10 years dropped to 4.2% in October from 4.3% in September, a monthly survey by Citi and YouGov showed on Friday. Expectations for inflation over the next 12 months held steady at 6.2% on the longest-running Citi/YouGov measure, while a new measure of year-ahead expectations, that allows for higher inflation, came in at 8.7%, down from a high of 10.3% in August. “We expect these data (and) further fiscal tightening to provide a dovish impetus to December’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting – allowing a dec…