Change Interest Rates from five percent. The decision, expected at midday, comes after inflation, showing the rise in consumer prices, remained at 2. 2 Per Cent last month. The Central Bank in the united states lowered Interest Rates by half a Percentage Point Yesterday the first cut for more than four years. Lets speak to our Business Correspondent peter ruddick. What is the expectation with the Bank Of England . I knew you will ask me that. I am not a betting man but the one thing we can predict is it is going to be a close decision. The last time the nine Person Committee voted five to four, as close as you can get to cut Interest Rates last time to the 5 level they are now, a quarter of a Percentage Point change. Why will it be so although there is disagreement really among the committee and economic experts about how sticky, how stubborn Inflation Price rises are, there is agreement that the trend is Price Rises and the rate of inflation is coming down but relatively slowly, relat
In four years. The bbc has been told that Sir Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff received a Pay Rise after the election which means she is now paid more than the Prime Minister. Sue gray asked for and was given a salary of 170,000 3,000 more than the pm and more than any cabinet minister. 0ur political correspondent, henry zeffman, has more. I knew that there were tensions at the top of government and this Storys Existence in some way from Chris Mason and me attests to those, but my phone has practically blown up in the hours since we published this story yesterday, with people across Whitehall And Westminster who are furious at Sue Gray, keir starmer s Chief Of Staff. And let me explain why. It is not necessarily about her salary in absolute terms. There will be people out there who think that not only Sue Gray as prime Ministers Chief of staff, but the Prime Minister himself ought to be paid a lot more. Im sure they could earn lots more in the private sector or certainly in parts of the p
Refuge in the Spanish Embassy in caracas. Hed challenged the venezuelan president , Nicol S Maduro, injuly s elections, which the opposition claims it won. Mr gonzalez s Opposition Colleague Maria Corina Machado says he left the country because his life was in danger. Earlier, the European Unions Foreign Affairs chiefjosep borrell, described it as a sad day for democracy in venezuela. In a statement, he said. Lets get the reaction of some residents of caracas. Translation i feel. Hopelessness. What little hope we had went off with him. I think that his departure says a lot. Translation im very upset. But at the same time, i think hes safe where he is. We need to keep on fighting. And with faith. Im not losing hope. But this needs to end yesterday. Not tomorrow, but yesterday. Our reporter Mimi Swaybee is monitoring the situation from our london newsroom. Good our london newsroom. To speak with you. Now with good to speak with you. Now with the Opposition Leader exiled in spain where do
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Adds new recruits to his inner circle at Downing Street. And brightening up the Dark Nordic Winter as europes largest Festival Of Lights illuminates the danish capital. Hello and thanks forjoining us. The queen has said she wants camilla, the duchess of cornwall, to be known as Queen Consort when Prince Charles becomes king. In a message marking the 70th Anniversary of her accession to the throne, the queen said it was her sincere wish that camilla would have that title. It paves the way for camilla to be crowned at her husbands side on his coronation day. Our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell reports from sandringham. Shes preparing to mark the 70th Anniversary of the day she came to the throne. This morning, the queen greeted guests in the ballroom At Sandringham, walking slowly and carefully, steadied with a stick. But alert and fully engaged. I was told it had to be upside down for the press. 0h, they can see it. Laughter. I dont matter. The queen seemed quite fit and well tod