perfect and there was more that needed to be done but he said that every year that the conservatives were in power, they had built more houses than labour did in its previous administrations and we will have to go and fact check that but thatis have to go and fact check that but that is the claim from michael gove this morning and also, finally, on levelling up, i put to him that people from the red wall that did very well under boris johnson s people from the red wall that did very well under borisjohnson s of look for money for northern communities in particular, they would have really noticed a difference and will they really put conservative? and he said that real money had gone into these communities and more can be done but they won t need a conservative government to do that. the liberal democrats are talking about the country s roads today with a promise to invest £300 million in the next parliament to fill 1.2 million pot holes a year. the party says money from the
and mash, has died at the age of 88. the ball given back to them, though. denmark hold england to a disappointing draw in the euros. and thousands gather at stonehenge on the longest day of the year to celebrate the summer solstice. and in half an hour, bbc london s investigation reveals how taylor swift fans heading to her wembley stadium concerts this weekend could be targeted by scammers. good evening. the prime minister says he was incredibly angry when he found out about allegations over betting on the date of the general election. rishi sunak called it a really serious matter and said that anyone who is found to have broken the rules should face the full force of the law and would be booted out of the conservative party. it comes after it emerged that the conservative party s director of campaigning and his wife, a tory candidate, are being looked into by the gambling commission. the prime minister was speaking as the leaders of the four main parties faced an evening of
interest rates have been held at 5.25% for the seventh time in a row by the bank of england, despite the rate of inflation hitting the bank s target level of 2% for the time in three years. of 2% for the first time in three years. economists have predicted that interest rates, which are currently at a 16 year high, won t be cut until august. with more, here s our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. ok, so it s four bedrooms. first time buyerjames has his eye on his dream home in coventry. but getting the keys to the door has been more challenging than expected as higher mortgage rates have made the first rung of the housing ladder harder to grasp. we definitely had to make some cutbacks as a couple and look at our financial plan to see if we could afford the mortgage. with the rates being high, we ve had to save for effectively another year to come into line with that. it s also understanding, yeah, the term of the mortgage, you know, from looking at it, it s now