'34% expecting interest rate rise'

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Further doubts were cast over the Bank of England's pledge to keep interest rates at record lows after a survey showed more than a third of Britons expect the cost of borrowing to rise within a year.

The Bank's quarterly poll revealed that 34% are braced for rates to rise over the next 12 months, up from 29% in August.