UK Conservative William Hague has demanded an explanation after the President of the European Commission confirmed senior Labour politicians are considering joining the euro.

In the Bernard Corry Memorial Lecture given today at Queen Mary, University of London, Professor David Blanchflower, an external member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee, discusses five questions about the economy:

In a speech given today at a Merrill Lynch conference for hedge funds, Paul Tucker - Executive Director, Markets and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee - discusses the current interaction between global monetary and financial conditions and the risks to price stability and financial stability.

In a lecture in London to the Society of Business Economists to mark the tenth anniversary of the Monetary Policy Committee, Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, examines the improvement in the UK's economic performance over the past 10 years and the role played in that by the MPC.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee today voted to raise the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves by 0.25 percentage points to 5.5%

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 5.25%.