Bank of England voted 5-4 to hold rates

Policy makers at the Bank of England voted by a narrow five to four margin to keep its lending rate unchanged at 3.75pc earlier this month. The four MPC members calling for a rate cut were all external members of the Committee.

Source: BizWorld

According to the minutes of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee meeting on 8 May, Christopher Allsopp, voting for the eighth consecutive time to lower rates, was joined by Kate Barker, Marian Bell and Stephen Nickell on the dissenting side.

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