interest rates are expected to rise sharply today, as the bank of england attempts to tackle soaring prices. the bank is expected to increase its base rate by three quarters of a percentage point from 2.25% to 3%. that would be its eighth consecutive increase since december, pushing the rate to its highest level for m years. it would also mark the biggest single increase since 1989, and could have a big impact on the cost of living and people s finances. our correspondent navtej johal has this report. omar is a veterinary surgeon based in derby. he came to the uk four years ago and had planned to buy a home and settle here long term. with interest rates here expected to rise further today, which is likely to make mortgages more expensive, omar says he s now considering whether he should even stay in the uk. have you lost trust in the uk? i trust my colleagues, i trust my friends, i trust a lot of people in the uk. it shook my trust in the system. and you may move, you may lea
in terms of what we ve also had overnight about some migrants being dumped in the centre of london, there are a lot of questions about what is actually happening on the ground. also they re bigger, wider question about how you sell this policy wise. question about how you sell this policy wise- question about how you sell this oli wise. ., , , policy wise. that is right. in terms ofthe policy wise. that is right. in terms of the situation policy wise. that is right. in terms of the situation in policy wise. that is right. in terms of the situation in kent, policy wise. that is right. in terms of the situation in kent, a - policy wise. that is right. in terms of the situation in kent, a lot - policy wise. that is right. in terms of the situation in kent, a lot of. of the situation in kent, a lot of concern locally about how sustainable it is. councillors representing kent and medway had written to the home secretary saying the situation at manston is at breaking point and they fe
there are a high percentage of asylum requests from albanians that get approved and get granted. i have interviewed people who have been subjected to blood feuds and horrific violence from organised crime. members of the lgbt community who have been hounded out of their local communities. there are valid requests. there is a lot of work that needs to be done on the ground in albania to fix the problems here, but there is also a work that needs to be done in the uk to prevent this as well. ijust to be done in the uk to prevent this as well. i just feel that throwing around this kind of rhetoric, like an invasion, which is what we talk about in war, this does absolutely nothing to help any of the problems that are creating this perfect storm situation. ls that are creating this perfect storm situation. , ., ., situation. is there, though, a roblem situation. is there, though, a problem with situation. is there, though, a problem with albanian - situation. is there, though, a| problem w
have been leaving the country for - have been leaving the country for decades, for years, have been leaving the country for decades, foryears, in have been leaving the country for decades, for years, in regular ways. this is nothing new. this is nothing new, for the last ten years they have been going to france, germany, italy, greece. this is not a new situation. what has happened in terms of the uk in the last few months is there have been gangs who have been operating through tiktok who have capitalised on already existing flows of migration and have sought to market and target people and to encourage more people to go to the uk. but again, i don t see this as anything new. people have been leaving for a very long time. the gangs that are organising this, many of them are based in the uk so this is something that needs to be dealt with by the uk government as well. and it doesn t mean that every single albanian person that is driven to desperation and is crossing the channel to the
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