FILE - The Bank of England in London, is shown on Dec. 15, 2022. Inflation in the U.K. returned to the Bank of England's target rate of 2% for the first time in nearly three years, official figures showed Wednesday, June 19, 2024, a development that has been seized on by the governing Conservative Party that its economic plan is “working” ahead of the general election in just over two weeks time. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)