INTEREST rates were cut by one per cent today, bringing the base rate down to two per cent.
INTEREST rates were cut by one per cent today, bringing the base rate down to two per cent.
The cut takes the cost of borrowing from 3% to 2%, a rate not seen since 1951 and equal to the all-time record low in the UK.
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