Inflation and migration: Sunak’s problematic pledges
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Bank of England raises interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5% this week. It's 12th consecutive rate rise since December 2021. Cutting inflation and stopping illegal migration are two of the government's five core priorities. But there's no let up in inflation and a lot of unhappiness with an asylum policy that is 'isolationist' We'll be discussing that and the UK sticky inflation problem with our economics correspondent, Delphine Strauss,. Plus the country's stretch public finances for a mammoth compensation bill.
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