Senior MPs and top Bank of England officials became embroiled in bitter clashes today over who was to blame for sky-high inflation.
Tories on the Commons Treasury Select Committee ambushed Bank Governor Andrew Bailey and his two deputies over the cost-of-living crisis and climbing interest rates which have clobbered millions of families.
They accused the trio of being too slow to realise inflation, now running at 10.1%, was rocketing - and failing to act quickly enough to bring it closer to its 2% target.
