- Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said he would look into how The Sun newspaper was able to report that the central bank would expand its asset purchase programme by £150 billion (S$265.3 billion), hours before it was officially announced.
- A finance ministry representative sits in on deliberations of the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee, and Mr Sunak must formally approve expanded asset purchases.
Bank of England to probe possible leak of QE decision to Sun newspaper
