which strips out volatile items like food and fuel is actually going up! rising interest rates are piling the pressure on millions of mortgage borrowers here in the uk who are facing steep rises in monthly bills. lets hear from some of them. at this moment in time, at the end ofjune, i will make my final payment of £434 when my current deal ends. and thereafter i have been told to expect my payments will be over £1,800. i m currently paying £560 a month. at the end ofjuly, it will go onto variable, and it will go up to £1,200 a month. 0ur mortgage has gone up by over £2,200 a year. - it s a huge impact . on our expenditure, and it has a huge impacti on the family as a whole. the government s finance chief chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt says bailing out struggling borrowers only risks stoking inflation further no matter what the pressure from left, right or centre, we won t be pushed off course. because if we re going to help families, if we re going to re
will not get the support they need. so for us we are striking because we can ensure the best education possible. at the moment with the funding we are getting, its just not possible. let s turn to the rails now and those fresh strikes announced by train drivers in their long running dispute over pay. one of the strike days will include the day of the fa cup final on the 3rd ofjune according to their union aslef. i m joined now by our business correspondent theo leggett. tell us what the aslef union is saying? tell us what the aslef union is sa in: ? , tell us what the aslef union is sa in: ? ~ , ., tell us what the aslef union is sa in? a ., saying? the aslef union says their latest offer saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that it saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that it is saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that it is sad saying? the aslef union says their latest offer t
it s been another day of unrelenting chaos for the british prime minister, liz truss, and her government. it was just after ii:00pm when reports started coming in about the resignation of suella bravermann, the home secretary. it wasn t long before her resignation letter was made public, containing sweeping criticism of the government. there were also angry scenes in the commons, where senior ministers were accused of manhandling tory mps to make sure they backed the government in a test of loyalty. our political editor, chris mason has the latest from westminster. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest level in government don t even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointed by her as home secretary. i accept that the government has obviously had a very difficult period. what i do know is that
here s ben rich. is it exciting or are entering a period of calm? is it exciting or are entering a period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is not - period of calm? perhaps than it has been recently but that is not bad i been recently but that is not bad news for the commonwealth games where the weather started pretty decent. we got some patchy cloud to with some sunny spells, throughout the weekend we have the chance to see some rain starting to develop cut is it of all of this cloud on the earlier satellite picture out towards the north west. that will work in and bringing in some outbreaks of rain, some patchy cloud ahead of that producing one or two showers and throughout the afternoon some showers for southern scotland, nor
Its monday the 22nd april, our main story. The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told the bbc that the investigation into his death should be reopened, after the metropolitan Police Issued another apology for the way theyve handled the case. Stephen was 18 when he was stabbed to death in a racist attack in south london 31 years ago today. The metropolitan Police Commissioner has apologised to Doreen Lawrence after questions were raised about another suspect in a bbc investigation. Daniel de simone reports. The racist murder of Stephen Lawrence took place 31 years ago today at a south london bus stop. Two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder. But the met s disastrous handling of the case means no one else has been brought to justice. Last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect matthew white, who died in 2021 and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. Now, stephens mother, baroness Doreen