Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Tuesday that her unexpected vote for a half percentage-point cut in interest rates last week did not mean she wanted a series of rate cuts or that she would vote the same way again in March.

Catherine Mann, a policymaker at the Bank of England (BoE), clarified her stance on interest rate cuts during a speech on Tuesday. Her recent vote for a half percentage-point cut in interest rates, which came as a surprise to investors,

Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Tuesday she voted for a half-point interest rate cut last week to "cut through the noise" about the right stance for policy, but said rates needed to remain restrictive.