are a clear and present danger to american democracy. after a second resignation in as many years, downing street says borisjohnson is looking at whether the role of an adviser on standards is needed after lord geidt stepped down last night. and the bank of england hikes up interest rates to a 13 year high and warns that inflation could hit 11%. tonight with the context, chief political commentator at the i newspaper paul waugh and former adviser to hillary clinton amanda renteria. welcome to the programme. we start in washington, where the third day of the january 6th committee hearings has just wrapped up. it s been focused on mike pence and connecting donald trump s intense pressure campaign on his vice president not to certify the election results with the violent intentions of the mob that stormed the capitol. democrat bennie thompson is chair of the committee. he spoke of the danger mike pence faced in his opening statement. we re fortunate for mr pence s courage onjanu
ahead in electric vehicle sales on the mainland, thanks to its lower priced models. as we ve been telling you on the bbc, the bank of england has hiked its key interest rate yet again. this is its 14th back to back increase, and the central bank has warned that borrowing costs will likely stay high for some time. but how will this impact savers? 0ur cost of living correspondent colletta smith met some who could benefit. at 5.25%. .. yes! - interest rates are up and there s plenty of people who are delighted. there s far more savers in the country than there are mortgage payers. we have had some reaction from jeremy hunt. - he s got onejob. ian lives off his pension, but after squirrelling away money his whole working life, he has got a small savings pot tucked away. what impact are those rising rates having for you? thank you! you are rejoicing, then, today? as a saver, for the last ten years, i have had 0.1% on my savings, literally nothing.
has hiked its key interest rate yet again. this is its 14th back to back increase, and the central bank has warned that borrowing costs will likely stay high for some time. but how will this impact savers? 0ur cost of living correspondent colletta smith met some who could benefit. at 5.25%. .. yes! - interest rates are up and there s plenty of people who are delighted. there s far more savers in the country than there are mortgage payers. we have had some reaction from jeremy hunt. - he s got onejob. ian lives off his pension, but after squirrelling away money his whole working life, he has got a small savings pot tucked away. what impact are those rising rates having for you? thank you! you are rejoicing, then, today? as a saver, for the last ten years, i have had 0.1% on my savings, literally nothing. it doesn t pay your bus fare. interest rates going up, for me, is manna from heaven and it is about time.
but it s being welcomed by others who rely on income from their savings, especially retired people. ian in oldham is one of them. he s been speaking to our cost of living correspondent colletta smith. at 5.25%. yes! interest rates are up and there s plenty of people who are delighted. there s far more savers in the country than there are mortgage payers. we have had some reaction from jeremy hunt. he s got onejob. ian lives off his pension, but after squirrelling away money his whole working life, he has got a small savings pot tucked away. what impact are those rising rates having for you? thank you! you are rejoicing, then, today? as a saver, for the last ten years, i have had 0.1% on my savings. literally nothing. it doesn t pay your bus fare. interest rates going up, for me, is manna from heaven and it is about time. let s speak to gervais williams from the investment manager