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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn and Matt Watts

Grim recession warning and mortgage misery after Bank of England interest rate rise

The Bank of England has piled mortgage misery on thousands of homeowners and first time buyers with the biggest rise in interest rates in more than 30 years.

The Bank took the action as it warned Britain is heading for its longest recession in modern history with no recovery until summer 2024.The recession is not predicted to be as deep as the downturn that followed the financial crisis of 2008.

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