A month in repayments. Somehow, were supposed to spend less and find £750 extra a month to pay for that. So, you know, for many families, it is a terrifying situation. You know, if you have young families like ourselves who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government, whos advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right . When things become unaffordable, you cant simply turn around and say, thats your problem. A rise of 0. 25 Percentage Points would take the Bank Of Englands base rate to 5. 25 the highest since april 2008. For someone with an average Tracker Mortgage of £200,000, that would mean a rise of more than £23 a month. And for around 800,000 homeowners due to renegotiate their fixed deal in the second half of this year, it could mean an even bigger increase in their monthly repayments. Whites, good afternoon. But at this estate agent in salisbury, they say there are still more people wanting houses than there are properties available. A supply and demand is
they are managing the situation. from downing street, nothing officially on the record, but a source at number ten sending us a quote to say they make no apology for the energy policy that downing street is pursuing. the security implications are perhaps not what they might be if the prime minister was at home or even in the area, he and his family are away, but nevertheless, perhaps highlighting some concerns about the ease of access that these protesters were able to get to the prime minister s family home there. there has been limited political reaction. 0ne msp, member of the scottish parliament murdoch fraser conservative saying this action is beyond the pale and the book should be thrown at protesters staging stunts like this. thank you for that update, jonathan blake, reporting there, and will be
led by the scottish government minister shona robison hasjust started within the last half hour and i say finally, perhaps in a sense with some significance, because it has taken a huge amount of time to get to this point. she herself pointed out that the legislative process began six years ago and there have been two marathon debates just this week full of incident. 0ne msp fainted. there were protests from the public galleries. they carried on debating so late that the automatic lighting cut out. why has it taken so much time? i think because this legislation is so controversial. as you suggested, some people think it needs to be passed to enhance the rights of transgender people. 0thers rights of transgender people. others do have concerns about the safety of single sex spaces. do have concerns about the safety of single sex spaces. james shaw, thank ou, at single sex spaces. james shaw, thank you. at holyrood- single sex spaces. james shaw, thank you, at holyrood. it s single