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Interest rates and Bank Rate
23.07.2025We set Bank Rate to influence other interest rates. We use our influence to keep inflation low and stable.
Bank of England warns of weakening jobs market as it holds rates
18.07.2025Lloyds Bank is to pull billions of pounds from Britain’s stock market in a major blow to Rachel Reeves’s efforts to boost the UK economy.
UK government increases British Business Bank’s total financial capacity to £25.6bn
09.07.2025UK government increases British Business Bank’s total financial capacity to £25.6bn
UK taxpayers no longer own NatWest - but 17 years on, are banks safer from collapse?
26.06.2025The Treasury has announced the sale of its final shares in the NatWest Group. It means the bank will be under full private ownership, almost two decades after it was bailed out by the taxpayer amid the 2008 financial crisis.
UK private banking and wealth management
15.06.2025This paper outlines how the private banking and wealth management (PBWM) sector contributes to the UK’s economy, and how the Government can further enable the sector to support national growth and drive better financial outcomes for consumers.