Thank you. And thats bbc news at ten. Theres more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight, with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. The news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the almost a year since the start of the Women Life Freedom Protests in iran, we have a Special Report with defiant voices inside the country as the Morality Police double down on the repression of women. So how should the uk calibrate relations with iran . Well be joined by a Iranian American Human Rights researcher whose father was a political prisoner who died under house arrest and the former uk ambassador to iran. Also tonight, to raise or not to raise should the Bank Of England hike the Interest Rate tomorrow, or can the economy do its own work now . Two senior economists argue it out. The upcoming ruthergen and Hamilton West by election expected to be a major Snp Labour Battle could be a bellwether for the general
constituency as well. i am a counsellor here, my casework reflects the issues that families are having with the cost of living crisis and the effect of tory austerity and tory policies, and it is, quite frankly, astonishing that labour are now so close to the tories that what choice do voters have when they are looking at their policy slates? labour s candidate argues the scottish and uk parties disagree on these policies. the scottish labour party has i a position against the two child cap and the bedroom tax. i am a scottish labour candidate and i campaigned against those i issues because we believe - they are examples of heinous policy under the conservative government. but it is awkward, mr shanks, that the leader of your party has a position on a key bit of domestic policy that you disagree with him on. i don t think it is at all. we are into the thirdl decade of devolution. the whole point of labour creating the scottish parliament back- in the 19905 was so that scotland
they stretch mortgage holders and rent payers. mortgage rates hit their highest level in 15 years last month. consumer group which has said the number of people missing payments on essential household bills is as high now as it was over the winter, with nearly 800,000 people failing to make mortgage or rent payments. today, taylor wimpey, one of the uk s biggest house builders, said there had been an increase in buyers taking out mortgages with much longer terms to reduce their monthly payments. lenders have been offering customers mortgages up to the age of 75. meanwhile, last month, uk house prices dropped at their fastest annual rate for 1h years, according to nationwide. bad news for home sellers, although good news for first time buyers. any more good news? any glimpse of summer peeping through the clouds? well, inflation was down last month a bit. food prices are still high, though. but that glimmer of hope that inflation is on the turn has caused
growing. if you stick with higher interest rates who will be doing investing in businesses that they badly need? we investing in businesses that they badly need? investing in businesses that they badl need? ., ., ., badly need? we have a real problem with business badly need? we have a real problem with business investment badly need? we have a real problem with business investment in - badly need? we have a real problem with business investment in the i badly need? we have a real problem with business investment in the uk. | with business investment in the uk. probably with business investment in the uk. probably one of the main causes of the fact probably one of the main causes of the fact that we have very weak business the fact that we have very weak business investment is uncertainty. and that business investment is uncertainty. and that is business investment is uncertainty. and that is partly because of uncertainty as to the policy of interest uncertainty as to th
some lenders to cut their mortgage rates a bit and the energy price cap has fallen more than a bit. otherwise, the economic bad news seems to be flowing across the country like the infamous jet stream responsible for upsetting our summer weather. oh, and just to add to the misery, petrol prices are up again. and now i am joined by yael selfin, chief economist at kpmg, and the chief executive of the resolution foundation, torsten bell. good evening, both of you. torsten, do you think this increase is too quick on the heels of the last one? , ithink quick on the heels of the last one? , i think at the beginning you said, the increase is nailed on and it is probing the right thing to do. the more question is what happened next, how long rates stay high for and do we see any further rises in the autumn. ~ ., , i. . ., autumn. what is your hunch on the rises in the autumn. what is your hunch on the rises in the autumn? autumn. what is your hunch on the rises in the autumn? i autumn. w