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1. Which institution sets monetary policy in the UK?
2. What is the Bank of England’s base rate ?
3. What is the current base rate?
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⚖️ This Day in Law History
4 May 1896 — Daily Mail is published, marking ‘the birth of modern journalism’.
5 May 1964 — The Council of Europe declared 5th May as Europe Day, celebrating peace and unity in Europe.
6 May 1966 — The ‘Moors Murderers’ are found guilty. As the death penalty was abolished six months earlier, the judge passed the only sentence he could — life imprisonment.
7 May 1928 — Voting age for women was reduced from 30 to 21 through the Equal Franchise Act 1928
8 May 1559 — The Act of Supremacy was passed, through which Queen Elizabeth I became the ‘Supreme Governor’ of the Church of England.
9 May 1960 — Birth Control Pill goes on the market. (Think abortion law, sexual revolution, HIV)
10 May 1773 — The Tea Act is passed, granting the British East India Company a monopoly on the North American tea trade(!)
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