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Article thumbnail: Former prime minister Liz Truss leaves the Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch annual party at Spencer House, St James' Place in London. Picture date: Thursday June 22, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
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Liz Truss to launch economic challenge to Government after Jeremy Hunt rules out tax cuts

The former Prime Minister has commissioned a group of economists to produce alternatives to the forecasting methods used by the Government’s official budget watchdog

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Public blame Sunak's Government and corporate profits for high inflation, poll shows

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Typical homeowner will pay £23,000 more in interest over next five years as mortgage rates soar

Article thumbnail: A sign above the entrance to a Lloyds Banking Group Plc bank branch in the City of London, UK, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Britain's major banks look set to post bumper results this month following a year of back-to-back interest rate hikes. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Jeremy Hunt to press regulators on extent of firms profiteering from inflation

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No 10 repeatedly refuses to say if Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has done a good job

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Article thumbnail: File photo dated 28/09/2022 of the Bank of England in the city of London. The squeeze on mortgage holders is set to tighten as the Bank of England gets ready to hike interest rates for the 13th time in a row, experts have said. Some analysts are expecting UK interest rates to rise by another 0.25 percentage points on Thursday, and say there could be more hikes on the horizon. It would take the rate to 4.75%, helping to drive the cost of borrowing and hitting more than a million mortgage holders whose fixed-rate deals are due to expire soon. Issue date: Sunday June 18, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story ECONOMY Rates. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 28/09/2022 of the Bank of England in the city of London. The squeeze on mortgage holders is set to tighten as the Bank of England gets ready to hike interest rates for the 13th time in a row, experts have said. Some analysts are expecting UK interest rates to rise by another 0.25 percentage points on Thursday, and say there could be more hikes on the horizon. It would take the rate to 4.75%, helping to drive the cost of borrowing and hitting more than a million mortgage holders whose fixed-rate deals are due to expire soon. Issue date: Sunday June 18, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story ECONOMY Rates. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire