James Cleverly insists the government is being “thoughtful when it comes to public expenditure” as inflation remains “above” where ministers want it to be. The foreign secretary calls on banks and lenders to “do the right thing by their customers” to provide “flexibility” as interest rates remain high and are expected to rise on Thursday. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn