Rate-setting committee decides to hold rate despite mounting fears over rising inflation

The Bank of England has left official interest rates unchanged at 0.1%.

Despite a surge in inflation, the Bank’s nine-strong monetary policy committee (MPC) has decided to leave the cost of borrowing at the emergency level that it has been at since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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