a month an extra £378 every month, and nearly £23,000 over the mortgage term. so how does the same size mortgage compare to two years ago, when the government brought in a stamp duty holiday? well, the average rate back then was 2.59%, with a monthly payment of £1,133. today, the average rate s gone up for the same deal to about 6%, about £1,600 a month an extra £475 every month, or £11,400 overall. those remortgaging are being urged to take advice to consider all their options. analysts say this is piling pressure on already stretched household budgets. so right now, if you are looking at taking out a mortgage, you re maybe looking at around £400 more for an equivalent mortgage today than you did two years ago, or even five years ago, and that s quite eye watering, if you consider the amount of money you have to put aside for your mortgage. the liberal democrats are urging
world athletics council today decided to reduce the testosterone threshold for dsd athletes to 2.59 ability to spell little across all events. we had dsd athletes competing in unrestricted events in our sport and we have 15 years of data and for are directly from our own sport and our dsd athletes. as far as our medical manager is aware there is no relevant athlete and by that i mean dsd athlete injumping or throwing events. among the 13 athletes the medical manager has beenin athletes the medical manager has been in contact with, we mentioned in our consultation paper, all have declined testosterone suppression or a complete medical assessment because of this, they have not been eligible to compete in the restricted event since 2019. all those athletes still competing in
others, this is going to get interesting. rachel: yeah. will: well, really che rachel, you brought up the need to hold china accountable when coit comes to the when it comes to the virus. dan bongino talked about it on his show, most evidence pointing to from several american institutions including the fbi and the department of energy, a leak from the lab. dan bongino is saying it s the crime of the century. if the virus leaked or was leaked out of the wuhan lab in january of 2020, it s fair to ask did china pull off the crime of the century? here s what i mean. let s back up a minute and see what the u.s. economy looked like before the coronavirus outbreak. unemployment was at 3.5%, remember that? the average price for a gallon of gas was $2.59. it s amazing what the u.s. economy can do with a little bit of energy independence and a person in the white house with half a brain. the inflation rate was 2.5%, sure sounds a lot better than
these are from democrats. one was a democrats how is the country going should biden run again and his polls are terrible. ainsley: steve has an article in the new york post six lies that biden is going to try to talk about tomorrow. the first one is that biden has reduced the budget deficit by 1.4 trillion. he says that is just false. the national debt has gone up 4.2 trillion since he has taken office. pete: inherited a economy in free fall he says inflation was high. do you know what the theme is. brian: at the time it was not in free fall. steve. pete: the economy was in the in free fall at all we were dealing with covid. ainsley: first half our economy soared 20%. pete: inflation, gas prices. at record lows then they went skyrocketed. ainsley: when donald trump took office it was 2.59. in july of 2022, 5.4. . .5.0 # 4. pete: telling somebody 200 pounds surged to 800 pounds
for most of us, restrictions were starting to ease off, but the consequences of this pandemic were still playing out. health service staff had performed heroically in the long months that covid was running rampant, but now an exhausted workforce, not to mention patients, were facing a huge backlog in cases. injanuary, 6 million people were waiting for routine treatment. and that numberjust kept growing throughout the year. things were made tougher by the ongoing impact of the pandemic. with each successive wave of covid, staff also fell sick or had to isolate. this was coventry hospital in april. a gentleman in his 80s who was in at 2.59 yesterday. a combination of pre existing staff shortages, covid and lots of people who had delayed seeking help during the pandemic, and the nhs across the uk was facing unprecedented demand. this manifested itself notjust