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Bank of England raises interest rates for fourteenth time in a row
Bank of England interest rates went up for the fourteenth time in a row today, to 5.25 per cent, meaning more pain for mortgage holders across the country.
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‘We have had to sell her house’: Inside England’s care home funding crisis
There’s a crisis of funding in England’s elderly care homes.
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Strikes: Hospital consultants in England strike for the first time in ten years
A new law has been passed which aims to curb the impact strikes can have, allowing ministers to impose minimum levels of service.
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Teachers back out on strike in England as four unions reject latest government offer
We’re joined by Kauser Jan, assistant headteacher of a local primary school in Leeds.
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Interest rates don’t need to keep rising says Bank of England rate setter
There’s no need for further interest rate rises to bring inflation back under control – that’s the verdict tonight of one of the nine people who set rates at the Bank of England.
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Senior doctors in England vote for two-day strike – but nurses strikes set to end
Senior doctors in England have overwhelmingly voted to strike for two days next month.
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‘Bank of England has been asleep at the wheel,’ says Tory MP
We spoke to the Conservative MP John Baron, who sits on the Commons Treasury select committee and began by asking him what he made of the interest rate rise today.
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Interest rates up to 5% to curb inflation, Bank of England says. Helia Ebrahimi with the latest on the UK economy.
If mortgage payers, renters and businesses were feeling the squeeze before today, well now the pips are coming out.
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Teachers in England to go on two-day strike in July
Teachers in England are to stage more strikes in their long-running dispute over pay.
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NHS England wait times reach record high
The Prime Minister made cutting NHS waiting lists one of his priorities for this year.
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Beaver away: are England’s beavers helping or harming?
Is the reintroduction of beavers in parts of England a help or hindrance? Ecologists say the animals are a boost to wildlife and reduce the risk of flooding. Many farmers are less keen on the rodents.
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Covid generation: MPs warn of damage of pandemic on England’s kids
An entire generation of children in England could be damaged by the impact of the covid pandemic, without more effective government intervention, MPs have warned.
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Widespread disruption as 12,000 rail workers strike across England
Around 12,000 ASLEF members were on strike across England, causing major disruption on this busy summer Saturday of big events.
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Bank of England has a lot of work to do, says former Monetary Policy Committee member
We spoke to Dr Sushil Wadhwani, a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee.
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FactCheck: how much sewage is dumped in England’s rivers and on beaches?
How much sewage is actually dumped into English rivers and beaches? FactCheck takes a look.