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inflation rate and interest rates to fall further this year. The MPC's decision has an impact on borrowers and savers, as well as the investment and hiring decisions of businesses. Upheaval created
current [five-year high of 5.2%](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/17/uk-unemployment-rate-ons-interest-rates), with almost 250,000 more people losing their jobs because of the crisis in the Middle East. If the forecast is correct, that would increase
inflation at fixed intervals, which can make it difficult to sell or get a mortgage for a property. Ground rents were abolished for most new residential leasehold properties in England and Wales in 2022 under
rate – on UK government bonds, or gilts, rose on Monday before falling back. The yield on 30-year UK government bonds, or gilts, reached 5.8% last week, [the highest level since 1998](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/12/uk-borrowing-costs-keir-starmer-bond-yields-pound-dollar-labour),
rate that City economists had expected to hold. More up-to-date tax data showed the number of payrolled employees dropped sharply in April, falling by 100,000, after a 28,000 decline in March
rate charged to the UK government for a 10-year loan - rose above 5.14% at one point on Friday, the highest since 2008. The pound fell 0.3% against the dollar to around $1.337, having fallen
currently asking creditors of TG Jones to approve a restructuring plan that could see [up to 150 stores close](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/13/wh-smith-new-owner-modella-tg-jones-stores-jobs), including up to 60 hosting Post Offices, with the loss of hundreds
current [sharp rise in government borrowing costs](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/12/uk-borrowing-costs-keir-starmer-bond-yields-pound-dollar-labour), as swap rates – which lenders use to price their fixed-rate mortgages – tend to move in tandem with government bond yields. Tarrant Parsons, head
current students if necessary, while more than half said they were prepared to cut access and outreach activity, aimed at encouraging students to go to university, over the next three years. Lee Elliot-Major
inflation that will raise interest rates and add to the cost of servicing debt. Both rich and poor nations are feeling the impact, but the poor with their [higher levels of debt and lower reserves
inflatable hot tub Lay-Z-Spa Cancún AirJet, which was available for £160 on 21 May [but now retails for a minimum of £299](https://www.pricerunner.com/pl/1388-5145766/Hot-Tubs/Bestway-Inflatable-Hot-Tub-Lay-Z-Spa-Cancun-AirJet-Compare-Prices). Of the 11 heatwave-related items examined
UK utilities in an effort to improve performance and potentially reduce bills for consumers. The move would constitute one of the biggest transfers of ownership of British industry since the privatisations of the 1980s
current conflict does not match the Vietnam war, which went on for years, led to the deaths of 58,220 US soldiers, and is often perceived as the totemic and unmatchable example of US hubris