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The Treasury assumes taxes will need to rise by £30 billion, with the Office of Budget Responsibility expected to lower its forecasts for Britain's productivity growth. Each percentage point of growth is worth about £10bn in tax and the OBR is expected to lower its forecast by 0.2%. On top of that the government needs to cover the cost of lost revenues when MPs rebelled against welfare reforms. Finally, higher debt interest payments due to rising gilt yields have added to the burden.

They form part of a new exhibition looking at the rebuilding works that took place a century ago, replacing most of the interior behind its famous solid fortress wall with the modern bank that's there today. The exhibition, in the museum's rotunda, shows the various stages of the rebuilding process, from demolition of the old, discoveries of the even older in the basements, and how the current bank building was constructed.

Across the floor and walls sprawl grand mosaics and sculptures depicting lions, piles of gold, thunderbolts and ancient Roman gods. "When this building was created, it was designed as a working bank building. There were people coming and going all day," explains the Bank of England Museum's curator, Jenni Adam. "And immediately they were greeted with this sense of grandeur along with lots and lots of messages about what's happening in this site."

After seeing a strong beat for GDP in June, surprisingly strong retail sales figures and upbeat survey data over the summer, optimists would be forgiven for thinking the UK economy was defying the doubters. That wasn't to be this month, the UK economy is firmly back in the slow lane. Stagflation remains the key challenge for policy makers. With anaemic growth and inflation running at 3.8%, the Bank of England may feel its hands are tied.

Nigel Farage could strip the City watchdog of its power to regulate the banking industry under a sweeping overhaul to undo changes made after the 2008 financial crisis if Reform UK was elected to government. The leader of the party at the top of opinion polls has said he wants to prepare for the potential for an early general election in 2027.

The Bank of England warned that a hike in trade levies could compound existing vulnerabilities, risking a fresh wave of company bankruptcies and financial losses for banks.

last week's blowout is reminder to the government that gilt market will not accept excess borrowing

The rise in inflation in May introduces some further uncertainty into the near-term outlook for businesses prices, adding that they need to squeeze out inflation.

The Bank of England anticipates a significant 45 percent increase in spending limits for support services as it enhances its cloud capabilities and data analytics strategies.

At the heart of the row is the legacy of quantitative easing (QE) - the Bank's £895 billion bond-buying programme launched during the global financial crisis and expanded in response to the pandemic.

High street banks have begun hiking mortgage rates for borrowers with large deposits in response to stubborn inflation, affecting wealthier homeowners' remortgaging costs.