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By the time the Bank of England's interest-rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announces its latest UK base rate decision on Thursday, seven weeks will have elapsed since they elected to nudge the country's borrowing costs up from near-zero to...

29.5m employees in UK

Inflation rises to 4.2% in October

GDP came in at 1.3%, despite economic pick-up in September

Relief likely to be temporary as energy and food prices rise

GDP remains below pre-pandemic level

1.6m people are still being supported

Up from 2.1% in July

Job vacancies exceed 1m

Below economic forecasts