Bank of England policymakers voted unanimously to keep interest rates on hold earlier this month but there were signs that more of them were edging closer to pushing for a first hike since before the financial crisis. Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee’s meeting, which ended on July 8, showed its members voted 9-0 to leave rates at their record low of 0.5 percent. “For all MPC members, the policy decision this month was clear cut,” according to the minutes which were published on Wednesday.