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No Interest to Cut Rates…(Yet)

And, Chris Mason speaks to Tory defector Natalie Elphicke

Today, we look at whether the UK economy has “turned a corner”, and if so why interest rates were kept the same?

The Bank of England has announced it is keeping interest rates the same, for the sixth month in a row. The Governor Andrew Bailey has said it needs to "see more evidence" that price rises have slowed further. So when will mortgage rate start to drop? Adam is joined by Andy Haldane, former chief economist at the Bank of England and Darshini David, the ý’s chief economics correspondent.

And, 24 hours on from the shock defection of Natalie Elphicke to Labour - Chris speaks to the former Tory MP.

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