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Cooper warns Tehran against targeting UK interests

Iran has said allowing the US to use UK bases is ‘participation in aggression’.

Evening Standard

Iran tells Cooper UK letting US use bases is ‘participation in aggression’

Abbas Araghchi criticised the ‘negative and biased approach of Britain’.

Evening Standard

Starmer acknowledges ‘pressure on families’ as costs rise amid Iran war

The Iran war has sent oil and gas prices soaring, putting further pressure on already-stretched household budgets in the UK

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Interest rate cuts not on the horizon, Bank of England governor says

The Bank left interest rates unchanged at 3.75% in a unanimous vote among all nine members of its Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Bank of England holds interest rates but hints at possible hikes

The Bank left rates unchanged in a unanimous vote among all nine members of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

Evening Standard

Bank of England holds rate at 3.75% amid Iran war inflation fears

The Bank of England has held its main interest rate at 3.75% in the wake of rising oil and gas prices following the start of the Iran war.

Euronews

Bank of England unanimously votes to press pause on interest rates as Iran worries grow

City still thinks borrowing costs will fall – but not until later this year

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Who is Katharine Braddick? The Barclays executive set to lead UK banking regulator

The former director of financial services at the Treasury will replace Sam Woods

The Independent UK

Young bearing the brunt of UK tax and wage changes, says BoE economist

Huw Pill warns combined effect of national insurance and minimum wage rises have ‘acute’ effect on youth employment

The Guardian - UK

March interest rate cut is ‘genuinely open question’, says Andrew Bailey

The governor of the Bank of England said on Tuesday he will need to be confident he has seen ‘enough further evidence’ before backing another cut.

Evening Standard

How the FBI search warrant to raid the Georgia election office was based on debunked conspiracy theories

Affidavit backed by election deniers in the Trump administration fails to include key findings from investigations into 2020 results

The Independent UK

Mandelson revelations show need for tougher UK constraints to resist rule of the rich

Labour must protect democracy and learn lessons from Jeffrey Epstein’s efforts to influence government policy

The Guardian - UK

US tech malaise and mining deal flop weigh on FTSE

The Bank of England left the bank rate unchanged at 3.75%.

Evening Standard

Interest rates: Why did the Bank stick to 3.75% and what does it mean?

Here, the Press Association examines what the decision means and what the Bank expects to happen to the economy.

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Bank of England holds interest rates but future cuts ‘likely’

It came as the central bank also warned that economic growth is now set to be weaker than previously expected.

The Guardian - UK

Why the Bank of England is holding rates despite a weakening economy

Rising unemployment and falling inflation made a strong case for a cut but Andrew Bailey opted to wait and see

Evening Standard

Interest rates held at 3.75% as Bank cuts UK growth outlook

The central bank said it was keeping rates unchanged to make sure that inflation stays around its target level of 2%.

The Independent UK

How inflation rebound is set to affect UK interest rates

Most economists expect rates to be left unchanged when the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announces its next decision later this week

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The Guardian - UK

Iran’s central bank using vast quantities of cryptocurrency championed by Farage, says report

Regime appears to have turned to digital currency issued by Tether in the face of sanctions

Evening Standard

Bank of England must ‘be very alert’ to Trump tensions, says governor

However, Andrew Bailey also highlighted that financial markets have been ‘more muted’ in response to Donald Trump’s Greenland threats than expected.

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England governor hits out at populism as Trump interferes in US Fed

Andrew Bailey says he and heads of other institutions have responsibility to ‘challenge back’ populist narratives

Evening Standard

Populism threatens the work of international agencies, Bank of England boss says

Andrew Bailey said the ‘rise of so-called populism makes the whole task harder’ for international agencies.

The Guardian - US

Trump threatens to revoke citizenship of naturalized immigrants convicted of fraud - as it happened

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Evening Standard

Bank of England governor in extraordinary clash with Donald Trump over future of America's top banker

Andrew Bailey signs statement with other central bankers backing US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell

Evening Standard

Global central banks show ‘full solidarity’ to US Fed chairman after threats

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey was among the 11 central bank leaders to sign the statement of support.

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