Bank of England Economist Sparks Controversy with Poverty Comments

The Bank of England's chief economist, Huw Pill, has said that Britons need to accept that they are poorer due to Europe's energy shock, and that the "pass-the-parcel game" of passing on rising costs to employers and customers is generating persistent inflation. The comments have been met with indignation in Britain, which has been grappling with a cost-of-living crisis for the past year, with stubbornly high inflation rates and household energy bills more than double what they were two years ago.