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Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil

Banks slammed for dragging their feet in passing on interest rate rises to loyal savers

Britain’s banks were slammed on Friday for failing to quickly hike saving rates after the Bank of England increases interest rates.

Harriett Baldwin, chair of the influential Commons Treasury Committee, tore into lenders for swiftly ramping up mortgage rates but being slower to do the same for saving accounts, particularly held by “loyal” customers.

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