Bank of England raises interest rates by 0.5 percentage points

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The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 5 per cent, a surprise half-point increase, as the central bank and prime minister Rishi Sunak vowed to crush persistent inflation.

Sunak said he supported the BoE’s decision and warned Conservative MPs that tax cuts would have to be put on the…