And as First Minister of scotland when his party faced the latest in a series of crises. John swinney, welcome to political thinking. Lovely to be with you, thank you. It has been something of a rollercoaster six months, havent it . You retire from Front Line politics, then the First Minister of scotland is forced from office and you decide to come back into Front Line politics, come to your partys rescue. Then Rishi Sunak calls a surprise early election in the summer, then you have a bit of a kick in the general election, the westminster election. Has it all been very stomach churning . Its been absolutely a whirlwind. A whirlwind, i think is the best way to describe it, because i quite literally, in the days before Humza Yousaf resigned as First Minister, was making further plans about what would be my gentle scaling down of political activity. And i was actually on the day that he resigned, giving a reflective speech about 25 years of devolution in scotland down here in london. And
A month in repayments. Somehow, were supposed to spend less and find £750 extra a month to pay for that. So, you know, for many families, it is a terrifying situation. You know, if you have young families like ourselves who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government, whos advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right . When things become unaffordable, you cant simply turn around and say, thats your problem. A rise of 0. 25 Percentage Points would take the Bank Of Englands base rate to 5. 25 the highest since april 2008. For someone with an average Tracker Mortgage of £200,000, that would mean a rise of more than £23 a month. And for around 800,000 homeowners due to renegotiate their fixed deal in the second half of this year, it could mean an even bigger increase in their monthly repayments. Whites, good afternoon. But at this estate agent in salisbury, they say there are still more people wanting houses than there are properties available. A supply and demand is
double what it was a year ago. and a famous football that could fetch £3 million at auction, the hand of god ball used by maradona at the vital victory over new zealand for england at the t20 world cup which keeps their hopes of regressing very much alive. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the former health secretary matt hancock has been suspended as a conservative mp after becoming a surprise addition to the cast of the reality tv show i m a celebrity get me out of here. instead of representing his west suffolk constituents in westminster, he will be joining the other contenders in the australian jungle from next week. it is understood he wants to use his appearance to promote his campaign on dyslexia. the prime minister s spokesman said mitty sunak believes mps should what you work hard for their constituents at the challenging time for the country. our deputy political editor vicki young has the story. there are plenty of ways a politician can get that mes
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