The government has signalled that it may be more relaxed about the Bank loosening its grip on inflation, thereby giving incoming governor Mark Carney more flexibility over measures he may introduce to boost growth.

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Mark Turner caught Mark Wallace off his own bowling in between, giving Somerset an early grip on the contest that they refused to relinquish.

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