Growing at a slower rate for the past two months, but inflation remains at nearly 8 , four times higher than the official target. Hannah miller has this report. For father of two peter, sorting out the Family Finances is proving hard. He and his wife bought their first home using the help to buy scheme. But when their mortgage comes up for renewal early next year, theyll have to find an extra £750 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, its a terrifying situation. If you have young families like ourselves who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government, whose 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, tha
About whats been happening inside the country. Sometimes, people describe north korea as a black hole of information, and that black hole has become significantly darker over the last few years. For months, weve been communicating in secret with three people whove risked their lives to expose the disaster unfolding. Weve used animations and actors to illustrate their words. These days, watching and sharing foreign videos is severely punished. One wrong move and youre facing execution. And a desperate struggle for survival. Food supplies are so low, i people have started dying. I want to live in a society where we dont starve, where my neighbours are alive, and where we dont have to spy on each other. Ive been working as the bbc s correspondent in Seoul Forjust over a year, and for all the time ive been here, north koreas borders have been shut. I knew these Border Closures would be having a big impact on peoples lives. So, when i arrived, i wanted to find a way to hear from people insi
we now know next to nothing about what s been happening inside the country. sometimes, people describe north korea as a black hole of information, and that black hole has become significantly darker over the last few years. for months, we ve been communicating in secret with three people who ve risked their lives to expose the disaster unfolding. we ve used animations and actors to illustrate their words. these days, watching and sharing foreign videos is severely punished. one wrong move and you re facing execution. ..and a desperate struggle for survival. food supplies are so low, i people have started dying. i want to live in a society where we don t starve, where my neighbours are alive, and where we don t have to spy on each other. i ve been working as the bbc s correspondent in seoul forjust over a year and for all the time i ve been here, north korea s borders have been shut. i knew these border closures would be having a big impact on people s lives. so, when i arrive
on in downing street during the very covid restrictions he d imposed on the rest of us? all guidance was followed completely during number 10. really? there was no party, and that no covid rules were broken. a senior civil servant, sue gray, investigated. so, too, the police. today, another page turns. the conclusion devastating for mrjohnson. let s be blunt, this report concludes that he lied. it says he deliberately misled mps, he deliberately misled the committee. he breached their confidence by saying out loud what was in their report before they did, and that he was complicit in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. look at what else the committee had to say. it takes aim at the frequency with which he closed his mind to the truth . and it said some of mrjohnson s denials and explanations were so disingenuous that they were deliberate attempts to mislead . is this the end, mrjohnson? we re shouting at boris johnson because he said no to a
we now know next to nothing about what s been happening inside the country. sometimes, people describe north korea as a black hole of information, and that black hole has become significantly darker over the last few years. for months, we ve been communicating in secret with three people who ve risked their lives to expose the disaster unfolding. we ve used animations and actors to illustrate their words. these days, watching and sharing foreign videos is severely punished. one wrong move and you re facing execution. ..and a desperate struggle for survival. food supplies are so low, i people have started dying. i want to live in a society where we don t starve, where my neighbours are alive, and where we don t have to spy on each other. i ve been working as the bbc s correspondent in seoul forjust over a year and for all the time i ve been here, north korea s borders have been shut. i knew these border closures would be having a big impact on people s lives. so, when i arrive