The Bank of England's rate-setters have agreed to pump an extra £25 billion into the economy to help push Britain out of recession. Skip related content
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Another £25bn for UK economy
Policymakers voted to boost the quantitative easing (QE) programme again, which means an extra £200 billion has been injected into the system so far this year.
The aim is to increase the money supply to revive the economy, but to date the measure has not worked.
Britain is still locked in its longest economic downturn since the 1950s.
Meanwhile, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has chosen to keep interest rates at their record low of 0.5 per cent, which will come as a relief for mortgage holders.
Tributes have been paid to a schoolgirl who died after slipping in her high heels and falling under a train while waving goodbye to her friends.
