Swati Dhingra to join Bank of England’s monetary policy committee

Dhingra will serve a three-year term, which can be extended to a maximum of six years by the chancellor. Photograph: Richard Gardner/Shutterstock

The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has chosen an outspoken critic of Brexit as the next member of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting committee.

Dr Swati Dhingra, an associate professor at the London School of Economics who has previously called on the government to “cancel Brexit”, will join the monetary policy committee (MPC) in August, arriving during one of the most difficult periods faced by the central bank.