the people who are affected most by high interest rates would tend to be younger households. older people, older house holders, are more likely to have paid off their mortgages they are mortgage free so they don t feel the impact of the increase in mortgage rates. you could spread the pain more broadly, so those households that, perhaps, aren t facing higher mortgage rates currently households that don t hold mortgages would potentially contribute towards the squeeze in demand by paying higher taxation. you could argue for a property tax, for example. yet there are also practical problems with using tax and spending policy to control inflation. history suggests it s hard to get the timing right, and when it comes to tax and spending political considerations often interfere unhelpfully. this is why the practice in recent decades has been to leave inflation control to the independent bank of england. however there is certainly more open thinking going on among respectab
Israel. We will restore Security Both in the south and in the north. No one will stop us. Not the Axis Of Evil nor anyone else. Lets bring in our elliot who is standing by for us in london. 100 days now. Can you give us son imsight just into israeli Public Opinion . Because it is confusing at times when you see those families so forcefully asking for their Loved Ones to be brought home. At the same time, the prosecution of the war continues in gaza really with such brutal effect. If you ask most israeli ins an ideal world, they would say yes, destroy hamas militarily so it can never again repeat the atrocities of october 7. And bring all the hostages home. The problem is that sometimes, according to some israelis, those two objectives cannot be
Hamas, return of all of our hostages and the guarantee that gaza will never again pose a threat to israel. Well restore Security Both in the south and in the north. No one will stop us. Not the hague, not the Axis Of Evil nor anyone else. Elliott gotkine is in london. 100 days into the war, take us through how the families of the hostages are marking this somber occasion. Reporter here in london, it is actually a Big Cry Culminating in a rally in the center of the city later today. The focus very much on what is going on in israel and in the renamed Hostages Square there. Organizers say 120,000 people turned up last night to continue to keep up the pressure on the israeli government to do everything it can to bring those hostages home. And also to continue to remind the world that 100 days into
hamas, return of all of our hostages and the guarantee that gaza will never again pose a threat to israel. we ll restore security both in the south and in the north. no one will stop us. not the hague, not the axis of evil nor anyone else. elliott gotkine is in london. 100 days into the war, take us through how the families of the hostages are marking this somber occasion. reporter: here in london, it is actually a big cry culminating in a rally in the center of the city later today. the focus very much on what is going on in israel and in the renamed hostages square there. organizers say 120,000 people turned up last night to continue to keep up the pressure on the israeli government to do everything it can to bring those hostages home. and also to continue to remind the world that 100 days into
israel. we will restore security both in the south and in the north. no one will stop us. not the axis of evil nor anyone else. let s bring in our elliot who is standing by for us in london. 100 days now. can you give us son imsight just into israeli public opinion? because it is confusing at times when you see those families so forcefully asking for their loved ones to be brought home. at the same time, the prosecution of the war continues in gaza really with such brutal effect. if you ask most israeli ins an ideal world, they would say yes, destroy hamas militarily so it can never again repeat the atrocities of october 7. and bring all the hostages home. the problem is that sometimes, according to some israelis, those two objectives cannot be