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Catch the latest Financial News EventsBank of England holds interest rates at 4% ahead of make-or-break budget
Borrowing costs kept unchanged for second meeting in a row, with inflation at nearly twice official targetBusiness live – latest updatesBank of England policymakers have voted to leave interest rates at 4%, as Rachel Reeves prepares for her make-or-break budget just...
Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in anti-terror programme referrals, data shows
Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideologyMore suspected far-right extremists were referred to the government’s anti-terrorism programme Prevent last year than those suspected of Islamist...
Lammy set to face media as Tories accuse him of ‘dereliction of duty’ over prisoners released by mistake – UK politics live
Prison governors in England summoned to an urgent meeting with ministers as deputy PM comes under scrutinyGood morning. Except it isn’t if you are David Lammy, the deputy PM and justice secretary. Or Alex Davies-Jones, a junior justice minister, who has been doing the...
England prison chiefs summoned to urgent meeting with ministers over wrongful releases
Justice minister says digital team will overhaul ‘archaic’ paper system partly to blame for 22 people being wrongly freed every monthPrison governors in England have been summoned to an urgent meeting with ministers on Thursday as the government comes under pressure...