Robert Peston's summary, which I stumbled across by accident
He asks a pertinent question about all these interest rate cuts:
The elderly are helpless, with no future hopes of working their way out of it, so slashing their income has got to be worse, hasn't it?
He asks a pertinent question about all these interest rate cuts:
What's worse? Failing to pass on all the interest rate cut to hard-pressed families, or slashing the retirement income of elderly couples who live off the interest on their bank and building-society savings?
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