Bank of England policymakers will vote unanimously to hold fire this week, but that won’t stop them from increasing interest rates in May, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg.

The number of people in work in Britain fell by the most in more than two years in the three months to September, a sign that a Brexit slowdown may be taking its toll on the economy’s strong run of job creation writes William Schomberg and Estelle Shirbon.

HOUSE prices in England and Wales increased at the slowest pace in more than a year in the second quarter as sales declined, figures released yesterday show.