Bank of England voted 7-1 to hold rates

Bank of England policymakers voted 7-1 to leave UK interest rates unchanged at their 7-8 June meeting, minutes released Wednesday 21 June showed.

David Walton was the only member of the bank's Monetary Policy Committee to call for a quarter percentage point increase, for the second month.

First-time voter David Blanchflower and his six other colleagues kept the rate unchanged for a 10th month.

"Given that recent developments had been broadly in line with the May inflation report, and that there

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