Interest rates left unchanged at 0.5% for 81st time
The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted 8-1 to hold rates at 0.5%, predicting that inflation would stay below 1% until the second half of next year.
This was the 81st meeting in a row at which rates have been left unchanged at 0.5%, according to the BBC. External member Ian McCafferty was the only one to vote for a rate rise - he had already previously...
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