the chancellor said it was vital to take action to lower inflation. here s our economics correspondent andrew verity. in pudsey in west yorkshire, clive turner works in customer service for a large supermarket chain, earning around £20,000 a year. together with his girlfriend, on a similarly modest income, he is already struggling, like millions of families, to cover energy bills which have doubled, and now, his five year fixed rate mortgage is due to expire. every time he hears about an interest rate hike on the news, he winces. it s absolutely mega stressful. because i m trying to work, but then you re looking at the news, it s, like, interest rates, you know, going up, inflation coming up, it s, like, what can i do? withjust over 100,000 left on his mortgage, his interest rate is going tojump from 3.a8% to 5.76%. we re now going onto mortgage which is basically about 750,
level for ia years, and said they could rise further still if prices continue to soar. the benchmark rate has been lifted to 3.5% from 3%, in a widely expected move. the chancellor said it was vital to take action to lower inflation. andrew verity reports. in pudsey in west yorkshire, clive turner works in customer service for a large supermarket chain, earning around £20,000 a year. together with his girlfriend, on a similarly modest income, he is already struggling, like millions of families, to cover energy bills which have doubled, and now, his five year fixed rate mortgage is due to expire. every time he hears about an interest rate hike on the news, he winces. it s absolutely mega stressful. because i m trying to work, but then you re looking at the news, it s, like, interest rates, you know, going up, inflation coming up, it s, like, what can i do? withjust over 100,000 left on his mortgage, his interest rate is going tojump from 3.48% to 5.76%. we re now going onto mortgage
she had an affair. it s a personal thing and a personal issue. she writes, though, about how now when she gets on the metro, the subway in washington, she winces, wondering if people recognize her. if she sees someone wearing a trump gear or maga hat, she walks the other way. to put distance between us because i m not looking for conflict. what i wanted the most in this world, she tells you, is my life back. and i think this is an important point. that people may want to know about, that you found out. she s married to her husband. and he has been her biggest supporter. yeah. i mean, there was she was taking a trip, and she was like, you can text my husband. and i was like, wow. i mean, they re still together, and they have little children, and she just wants to have a life. and i don t think she ever would have done an interview if he hadn t done that thing in that minnesota rally. right, that disgusting obviously, i don t need to describe what it was he was doing, but yes. so
it s been reported that he s furious over the cohen raid and tweeted a lot about it the weekend. maybe if he didn t want the question asked, he shouldn t be talking about it so much or tweeting about it. zp right. it s important that you give that context there. the president trying to dismiss this as a stupid question. but he spent part of his weekend tweeting about michael cohen s legal troubles. and shortly after, he tweeted about a potential pardon for former heavywieght boxing champion jack johnson after a phone call with sylvester stallone a month ago. there s a question about the context of that tweet about a pardon. the president has openly speculated about pardoning his former national security adviser, michael flynn. this is a timely question, a valid question and one that the white house will be pressed on, even if the president thinks it s stupid. david, i wonder what you make of macron s face, when he