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good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to li% their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many people are already struggling with energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase will help to curb rising prices. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. in leeds like every where else, the cost of keeping up a mortgage isjumping, because of interest rates. stu is used to saving after spending much of his life on a minimum wage. he got a better paying job as a librarian, but like many, his wages have stagnated. when his mortgage expired his payments went from £90 a month to £360. i thought the days of checking the bank balance were gone. but they re back with a vengeance now. ....
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News agenda, the prime minister was of course asked about the murder of sarah everard and the fact that this week we had a serving metropolitan police officers sentenced to a whole life jail sentence for her murder. big questions about the vetting process in the met and how that was allowed to happen, but also the broader question that a lot of people have been asking since sarah everard s murder about the safety of women and girls. the prime minister was asked several times whether he would hold a public enquiry into what had gone on with sarah everard, thatis what had gone on with sarah everard, that is something he would not commit to this morning, he did urge people to trust the police, despite some big issues about trust in the met over the last few days, but asked more broadly about what the government was going to do to try and tackle the issue of safety of women and girls, here is what the prime minister had to say. what i am saying to you is that ....