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Anxiety and panic was generated by the shock news from England's Bnaca of about 5.4% increase in the spring to counteract inflation due to the post-pandemic financial collapse and more ... LONDON -  Clear Score offers some useful advice to best stem this worrying financial tsunami that will see many families struggling in the incoming future.   In February 2022, the Bank of England raised interest rates from 0.25% to 0.5% and this was the second time interest rates went up in less than three months How does inflation affect interest rates? So, at over 5.4%, inflation (how much things go up in price) is the highest it’s been for 30 years. The Bank of England uses interest rates to control inflation – usually, the higher the rate of inflation, the lower you can expect interest rates to be.   So even though milk and bread might feel expensive, it might be cheaper to borrow money on a credit card. However, interest rates have been at an all-time low during the pandemic, which...

    American and European leaders’ profound lack of imagination has brought the world to the brink of war …   The reason Putin would risk war ... In fact, when talking to the new breed of autocrats, whether in Russia, China, Venezuela, or Iran, we are now dealing with something very different: people who aren’t interested in treaties and documents, people who only respect hard power. Russia is in violation of  the Budapest Memorandum, signed in 1994, guaranteeing Ukrainian security. Do you ever hear Putin talk about that? Of course not. He isn’t concerned about his untrustworthy reputation either: Lying keeps opponents on their toes. Nor does Lavrov mind if he is hated, because hatred gives him an aura of power. Their intentions are different from ours too. Putin’s goal is not a flourishing, peaceful, prosperous Russia, but a Russia where he remains in charge. Lavrov’s goal is to maintain his position in the murky world of the Russian elite and, of course, to keep hi...

Now that Brexit is starting to be unravelling there is a sense of panic among Boris Johnson’s allies ...   LONDON - Did something change this month? Having proclaimed the Brexit referendum triumph of 2016 as the unique achievement of Boris Johnson and praised his historic success in the election three years later with the slogan “get Brexit done”, did the wreckers of the European dream slowly begin to realise that if Johnson goes, it shifts the sands from beneath their feet? I’m the president of European Movement – Andrew Adonis is chair – and between us we agreed that this link needed a public airing. Learning from the direct and simple messaging of the anti-European newspapers, we felt the phrase: “If Boris goes, Brexit goes” said it clearly enough. Adonis duly tweeted it, to the horror of the pro-Brexitpress. The past few weeks have been a torrid time for the prime minister. He designed a set of restrictions he said were of critical importance for our safety and for the ...