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Torcuil Crichton

Jacob Rees-Mogg boasts his banker pals are 'jogging along' as inflation causes misery for millions

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Tory toff Jacob Rees-Mogg has said his banking friends in the City are not finding it “too difficult to jog along” despite inflation hitting a high of 9.1 per cent adding to the cost of living pain facing millions of Scots.

The Brexit minister made the boast as he pledged to hack away at swathes of laws and regulations from the European Union.

After he unveiled plans for an onlineBrexit dashboard of EU laws he had repealed, Rees-Mogg was asked by asked by journalists about the impact of the EU cap on City bonuses.

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